Aflatoxins in food products consumed in Brazil: A preliminary dietary risk assessment

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-136

  Andrade, P D ^a   de Mello, M Homem ^a   Franca J A ^a   Caldas, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aflatoxins; Brazil; cancer risk; exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; DISEASES; FOOD SUPPLY; RISK PERCEPTION; VIRUSES;

BRAZIL; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENIC POTENCY; CONCENTRATION DATA; DIETARY EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GOVERNMENT ACTIONS; MARGINS OF EXPOSURES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; MYCOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NUT; PEANUT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84870917585     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2012.720037     Document Type: Article

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