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Cancer risk assessment of ethyl carbamate in alcoholic beverages from Brazil with special consideration to the spirits cachaça and tiquira

BACKGROUND: Ethyl carbamate (EC) is a multi-site carcinogen in experimental animals and probably carcinogenic to humans (IARC group 2A). Traces of EC below health-relevant ranges naturally occur in several fermented foods and beverages, while higher concentrations above 1 mg/l are regularly detected...

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Autores principales: Lachenmeier, Dirk W, Lima, Maria CP, Nóbrega, Ian CC, Pereira, José AP, Kerr-Corrêa , Florence, Kanteres, Fotis, Rehm, Jürgen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20529350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-10-266