Ethyl carbamate analysis in german fruit spirits and brazilian sugarcane spirits (cachaça): improved sample cleanup with automated parallel evaporation

Deutsche Lebensmittel-Rundschau

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 507-512

  Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^a   Kuballa, Thomas ^a   Lima, Maria C P ^b   Nóbrega, Ian C C ^c   Kerr Corrêa, Florence ^b   Kanteres, Fotis ^d   Rehm, Jürgen ^d,e,f  

^a Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt ^*  (Germany)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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