Exposure to aflatoxins in Japan: Risk assessment for aflatoxin B1

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-372

  Sugita Konishi, Y ^a   Sato, T ^b   Saito, S ^b   Nakajima, M ^c   Tabata, S ^d   Tanaka, T ^e   Norizuki, H ^f   Itoh, Y ^a   Kai, S ^g   Sugiyama, K ^a   Kamata, Y ^a   Yoshiike, N ^h   Kumagai, S ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^e KOBE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Japan)

^f Japan Grain Inspection Association   (Japan)

^g KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Cereals; Peanuts; Processed foods; Risk assessment; Survey

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALMOND; ARTICLE; BUCKWHEAT; CACAO; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CANCER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEANUT; PEPPER; PISTACHIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; PISTACIA VERA; PRUNUS DULCIS; THEOBROMA CACAO; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 76649133481     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440040903317497     Document Type: Article

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