Human exposure to mycotoxins and their masked forms through cereal-based foods in Belgium

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-292

  De Boevre, Marthe ^a   Jacxsens, Liesbeth ^a   Lachat, Carl ^a,b   Eeckhout, Mia ^c   Di Mavungu, José Diana ^a   Audenaert, Kris ^d   Maene, Peter ^c   Haesaert, Geert ^d   Kolsteren, Patrick ^a,b   De Meulenaer, Bruno ^a   De Saeger, Sarah ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^d Faculty of Bioscience Engineering   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Fusarium; Monte Carlo simulation; Mycotoxins; Probabilistic analysis

Indexed keywords

15 ACETYLVOMITOXIN; 3 ACETYLDEOXYNIVALENOL; ALPHA ZEARALENOL; ALPHA ZEARALENOL 4 GLUCOSIDE; BETA ZEARALENOL; BETA ZEARALENOL 4 GLUCOSIDE; DEOXYNIVALENOL 3 GLUCOSIDE; HT 2 TOXIN; MYCOTOXIN; T 2 TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALENONE; ZEARALENONE 4 GLUCOSIDE; ZEARALENONE 4 SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAD; CEREAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; OAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BELGIUM; BREAD; BREAKFAST; CEREALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIET; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYCOTOXINS; NUTRITION POLICY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875240719     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.02.016     Document Type: Article

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