Urinary analysis reveals high deoxynivalenol exposure in pregnant women from Croatia

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-237

  Šarkanj, Bojan ^a,b   Warth, Benedikt ^b   Uhlig, Silvio ^c   Abia, Wilfred A ^b,d,e   Sulyok, Michael ^b   Klapec, Tomislav ^a   Krska, Rudolf ^b   Banjari, Ines ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Croatia; Deoxynivalenol glucuronide; Human urine; Mycotoxins; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DEOXYNIVALENOL 15 GLUCURONIDE; DEOXYNIVALENOL 3 GLUCURONIDE; OCHRATOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOMITOXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DEOXYNIVALENOL-15-GLUCURONIDE; DEOXYNIVALENOL-3-GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIDE; MYCOTOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; PREGNANCY; URINE;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GLUCURONIDES; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; OCHRATOXINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TRICHOTHECENES;

EID: 84884344286     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.08.043     Document Type: Article

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