Preservation: N-Nitrosamines, Including N-Nitrosoaminoacids and Potential Further Nonvolatiles

Process-Induced Food Toxicants: Occurrence, Formation, Mitigation, and Health Risks

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 363-386

  Habermeyer, Michael ^a   Eisenbrand, Gerhard ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

MOE calculation for N nitrosamine in food; N nitroso compounds N nitrosamines and N nitrosamides; N nitroso compounds potent human carcinogen class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889299077     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470430101.ch4a     Document Type: Chapter

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