Nitrate in leafy vegetables, culinary herbs, and cucumber grown under cover in Estonia: Content and intake

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-113

  Tamme, T ^a,b   Reinik, M ^c   Roasto, M ^a,b   Meremae K ^a,b   Kiis, A ^a,b  

^a Department of Food Hygiene of Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences ^*  (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c Estonian Health Protection Inspectorate   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Nitrate; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ACINOS ARVENSIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LACTUCA; OCIMUM; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA; THYMUS VULGARIS;

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; ANGIOSPERM; CHEMISTRY; CROP; CUCUMBER; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTONIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROCEDURES; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; ANGIOSPERMS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTONIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HUMANS; NITRATES; PLANT LEAVES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77953641474     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440041003725944     Document Type: Article

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