Risk assessment of exposure to multiple mycotoxins in food

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 152, Issue , 2011, Pages 81-87

  Viegas, S ^a   Viegas, C ^a   Ramos, C ^a   Silva, M ^a   Sabino, R ^b   Verissimo C ^b   Rosado, L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Nacional de Saude   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Exposure to mycotoxins; Food contamination; Multi mycotoxins exposure; Risk assessment; Toxicological interactions

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY; TOXIN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS;

EID: 84865549817     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/FENV110081     Document Type: Article

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