Benzene in infant carrot juice: Further insight into formation mechanism and risk assessment including consumption data from the DONALD study

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 291-297

  Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^a   Kuballa, Thomas ^a   Reusch, Helmut ^a   Sproll, Constanze ^a   Kersting, Mathilde ^b   Alexy, Ute ^b  

^a Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt ^*  (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baby food; Benzene; Beta carotene; Fruit juice; Infant nutrition; Phenylalanine

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BETA CAROTENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PHENYLALANINE; TERPENE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; CARCINOGENICITY; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEATING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BENZENE; BEVERAGES; BODY WEIGHT; DAUCUS CAROTA; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 72149128468     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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