Assessment of human exposure to benzene through foods from the Belgian market

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1001-1007

  Medeiros Vinci, Raquel ^a,b   Jacxsens, Liesbeth ^a,b   Van Loco, Joris ^c   Matsiko, Eric ^a   Lachat, Carl ^a,b,d   de Schaetzen, Thibault ^c   Canfyn, Michael ^c   Van Overmeire, Ilse ^c   Kolsteren, Patrick ^a,b,d   De Meulenaer, Bruno ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Food2Know ^*  (Belgium)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benzene; Exposure assessment; Food; Monte Carlo simulation; Probabilistic analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FISH; FOOD PRODUCTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MEATS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUTRITION; SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BENZENE CONCENTRATION; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; DIETARY EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MINIMUM RISKS; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE;

BENZENE;

BENZENE;

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CANNED FOOD; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RAW MEAT;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84861927514     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.044     Document Type: Article

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