The composition of unrecorded alcohol from eastern Ukraine: Is there a toxicological concern beyond ethanol alone?

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2842-2847

  Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^a   Samokhvalov, Andriy V ^b   Leitz, Jenny ^a   Schoeberl, Kerstin ^a   Kuballa, Thomas ^a   Linskiy, Igor V ^c   Minko, Oleksandr I ^c   Rehm, Jürgen ^b,d,e  

^a Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt ^*  (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c STATE INSTITUTION NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol poisoning; Product quality; Risk assessment; Ukraine; Unrecorded alcohol

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ANION; COPPER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METHANOL; URETHAN; ZINC;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD QUALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; UKRAINE;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FLAME IONIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; UKRAINE; URETHANE; WATER;

EID: 77956340878     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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