Risk assessment of coumarin using the bench mark dose (BMD) approach: Children in Norway which regularly eat oatmeal porridge with cinnamon may exceed the TDI for coumarin with several folds

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 903-912

  Fotland, T O ^a   Paulsen, J E ^d   Sanner, T ^c   Alexander, J ^b   Husoy T ^b  

^a Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

BMD; Cinnamon; Coumarin; Intake estimates; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENCHMARK DOSE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHILD; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CINNAMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OAT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TOLERATED DAILY INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AVENA SATIVA; CHILD; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; COUMARINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

CINNAMOMUM VERUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 84856485990     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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