Exposure of neonates to ochratoxin A: First biomonitoring results in human milk (colostrum) from Chile

Mycotoxin Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 59-67

  Muñoz, Katherine ^a   Campos, Victor ^b   Blaszkewicz, Meinolf ^a   Vega, Mario ^b   Alvarez, Alejandro ^b   Neira, Jorge ^b   Degen, Gisela H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; HPLC analysis; Human milk; Ochratoxin A; Tolerable daily intake

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHLOROFORM; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; OCHRATOXIN ALPHA; SULFATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; INFANT; LACTATION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MILK LEVEL; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 77955658055     PISSN: 01787888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12550-009-0040-0     Document Type: Article

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