A survey of ethyl carbamate in beer from Chinese market

Food Control

Volumn 79, Issue , 2017, Pages 254-257

  Li, Guohui ^a   Zhong, Qiding ^a   Wang, Daobing ^a   Gao, Hongbo ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

Author keywords

Beer; Ethyl carbamate; GC MS

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017286849     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.03.039     Document Type: Article

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