State of the art in benefit-risk analysis: Food and nutrition

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-25

  Tijhuis, M J ^a,b   de Jong, N ^a   Pohjola, M V ^c   Gunnlaugsdottir H ^d   Hendriksen, M ^a   Hoekstra, J ^a   Holm, F ^e   Kalogeras, N ^b   Leino, O ^c   van Leeuwen, F X R ^a   Luteijn, J M ^f   Magnusson S H ^d   Odekerken, G ^b   Rompelberg, C ^a   Tuomisto, J T ^c   Ueland, O ^g   White, B C ^f   Verhagen, H ^a,f,h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Matis ohf Iceland   (Iceland)

^e FoodGroup Denmark and Nordic NutriScience   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^g NOFIMA   (Norway)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benefit; Benefit risk; Food; Nutrition; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD DYE; NITRATE; SWEETENING AGENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

BREAST MILK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FOOD; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84155181112     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.06.010     Document Type: Review

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