Comparison of human health risks resulting from exposure to fungicides and mycotoxins via food

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2963-2974

  Muri, Stefan D ^a   van der Voet, Hilko ^b   Boon, Polly E ^b   van Klaveren, Jacob D ^b   Brüschweiler, Beat J ^a  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deoxynivalenol; Margin of exposure; Risk perception; Spiroxamine; Tebuconazole; Zearalenone

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; MYCOTOXIN; SPIROXAMINE; TEBUCONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALENONE;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS WEIGHT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYCOTOXINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SPIRO COMPOUNDS; TRIAZOLES; TRICHOTHECENES; ZEARALENONE;

EID: 70449528746     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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