Estimated dietary intake of nitrite and nitrate in Swedish children

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 659-666

  Larsson, K ^a,b   Darnerud, P O ^b   Ilback N G ^b   Merino, L ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Exposure assessment; Meat; Nitrate; Nitrite; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CURING; FOOD SUPPLY; MEATS; NUTRITION; POTABLE WATER; VEGETABLES;

ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKES; BODY WEIGHT; CURED MEATS; DAILY INTAKE; ESTIMATED DIETARY INTAKES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NITRITE;

NITRATES;

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; VEGETABLE; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 79956310100     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2011.555842     Document Type: Article

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