Cancer risk assessment of ethyl carbamate in alcoholic beverages from Brazil with special consideration to the spirits cachaça and tiquira

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

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

^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 MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CACHACA; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGEN TESTING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIQUIRA; ANIMAL; CASSAVA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FERMENTATION; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUGARCANE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; MANIHOT; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SACCHARUM; URETHANE;

EID: 77953126256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-266     Document Type: Article

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