Simple intervention method to reduce fumonisin exposure in a subsistence maize-farming community in South Africa

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1582-1588

  van der Westhuizen, L ^a   Shephard, G S ^a   Rheeder, J P ^a   Burger, H M ^a   Gelderblom, W C A ^a,b   Wild, C P ^c   Gong, Y Y ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cereals and grain; Chromatography; Clean up; Fumonisins; Fusarium; HPLC; Mycology; Mycotoxins; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASHING;

CEREALS AND GRAINS; FUMONISINS; FUSARIUM; HPLC; MYCOTOXINS;

FOOD SAFETY;

FUMONISIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; FUSARIUM; GEOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAIZE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEED KERNEL; SOUTH AFRICA;

FUSARIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956645958     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2010.508050     Document Type: Article

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