Evaluation of fumonisin biomarkers in a cross-sectional study with two high-risk populations in China

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1161-1169

  Xu, L ^a   Cai, Q ^b   Tang, L ^a   Wang, S ^c   Hu, X ^d   Su, J ^e   Sun, G ^c   Wang, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Center for Disease Control   (China)

^e Guangxi Cancer Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Cereals; Cereals and grain; Environmental contaminants; Exposure assessment; Fumonisins; Fusarium; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC MS); Mycotoxins; Rice

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; FUMONISIN B1; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOSINE; FUMONISIN; SAFINGOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VALIDATION STUDY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAIZE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT SEED; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; URINE;

FUSARIUM; ZEA MAYS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FUMONISINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEEDS; SPHINGOSINE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954189489     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2010.481638     Document Type: Article

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