A single sip of a strong alcoholic beverage causes exposure to carcinogenic concentrations of acetaldehyde in the oral cavity

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2103-2106

  Linderborg, Klas ^a   Salaspuro, Mikko ^a   Väkeväinen, Satu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Calvados; Carcinogens; Esophageal cancer; Ethanol; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SALIVA LEVEL;

ACETALDEHYDE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BEVERAGES; CARCINOGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; SALIVA;

EID: 79960838419     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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