Dietary intake of aflatoxins in the adult Malaysian population - an assessment of risk

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 286-294

  Chin, C K ^a,b   Abdullah, A ^b   Sugita Konishi, Y ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

aflatoxin B1 (AFB1); dietary exposure; liver cancer risk; total aflatoxins (AFT)

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; CANCER RISK; DIETARY EXPOSURE; DIETARY INTAKES; LIVER CANCERS; MALAYSIANS; TOTAL AFLATOXINS; UPPER BOUND;

DISEASES; NUTRITION; RISK PERCEPTION;

AFLATOXINS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

AFLATOXIN B1;

ADULT; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGY; NUT; PEANUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFLATOXIN B1; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALAYSIA; NUTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84868242418     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2012.713028     Document Type: Article

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