Fumonisin B1 as a urinary biomarker of exposure in a Maize intervention study among South African subsistence farmers

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 483-489

  Van Der Westhuizen, Liana ^a   Shephard, Gordon S ^a   Burger, Hester M ^a,b   Rheeder, John P ^a   Gelderblom, Wentzel C A ^a,b   Wild, Christopher P ^c   Gong, Yun Yun ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FUMONISIN; FUMONISIN B1; FUMONISIN B2; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD WASHING; HUMAN; MAIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED KERNEL; SOUTH AFRICA; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUMONISINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955780259     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-1002     Document Type: Article

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