Dietary exposure to aflatoxin and fumonisin among Tanzanian children as determined using biomarkers of exposure

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1874-1881

  Shirima, Candida P ^a,b,c   Kimanya, Martin E ^b,d   Kinabo, Joyce L ^c   Routledge, Michael N ^a   Srey, Chou ^a   Wild, Christopher P ^e   Gong, Yun Yun ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority   (Tanzania)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d NELSON MANDELA AFRICAN INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Biomarkers of exposure; Children; Exposure assessment; Fumonisin

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

AFLATOXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FUMONISIN; FUMONISIN B1;

ARTICLE; BIOMARKERS OF EXPOSURE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DIET; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAIZE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA; URINE; WEANING;

AFLATOXIN; BIOMARKERS OF EXPOSURE; CHILDREN; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FUMONISIN;

AFLATOXINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIET; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUMONISINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; WEANING; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84884986363     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201300116     Document Type: Article

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