Determination of ethyl carbamate in alcoholic beverages and fermented foods sold in Korea

Toxicological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 289-297

  Ryu, Dayeon ^a   Choi, Bogyoung ^a   Kim, Eunjoo ^a   Park, Seri ^a   Paeng, Hwijin ^a   Kim, Cho Il ^b   Lee, Jee Yeon ^b   Yoon, Hae Jung ^c   Koh, Eunmi ^a  

^a Seoul Women University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Health Industry Development Institute   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alcoholic beverage; Ethyl carbamate; Fermented foods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947057623     PISSN: 19768257     EISSN: 22342753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5487/TR.2015.31.3.289     Document Type: Article

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