Risks for public health related to the presence of furan and methylfurans in food

EFSA Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Knutsen, Helle Katrine ^a   Alexander, Jan ^a   Barregård, Lars ^a   Bignami, Margherita ^a   Brüschweiler, Beat ^a   Ceccatelli, Sandra ^a   Cottrill, Bruce ^a   Dinovi, Michael ^a   Edler, Lutz ^a   Grasl Kraupp, Bettina ^a   Hogstrand, Christer ^a   Hoogenboom, Laurentius ^a   Nebbia, Carlo Stefano ^a   Oswald, Isabelle P ^a   Petersen, Annette ^a   Rose, Martin ^a   Roudot, Alain Claude ^a   Schwerdtle, Tanja ^a   Vleminckx, Christiane ^a   Vollmer, Günter ^a   Chipman, Kevin ^a   De Meulenaer, Bruno ^a   Mennes, Wim ^a   Schlatter, Josef ^a   Schrenk, Dieter ^a   Baert, Katleen ^a   Dujardin, Bruno ^a   Wallace, Heather ^a   more..

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Author keywords

2,5 dimethylfuran; 2 methylfuran; 3 methylfuran; BMD; food; furan; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063611311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5005     Document Type: Article

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