Prevalence of zeranol, taleranol and Fusarium spp. toxins in urine: Implications for the control of zeranol abuse in the European Union

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 833-839

  Launay, F M ^a   Ribeiro, L ^b   Alves, P ^b   Vozikis, V ^c   Tsitsamis, S ^c   Alfredsson, G ^d   Sterk, S S ^e   Blokland, M ^e   Iitia, A ^g   Lovgren T ^f   Tuomola, M ^f   Gordon, A ^h   Kennedy, D Glenn ^h  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^g Innotrac Diagnostics Oy   (Finland)

^h AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical criteria; Epidemiology; Fusarium; Zearalenol; Zeranol

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN; TALERANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZERANOL;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPEAN UNION; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; EUROPEAN UNION; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; FUSARIUM; GOATS; MYCOTOXINS; SHEEP; SWINE; ZEARALENONE; ZERANOL;

ANIMALIA; FUSARIUM;

EID: 8544284116     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030400002121     Document Type: Article

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