title: Human exposure to ochratoxin A.
abstract: Over a nine-year period during screening campaigns in villages where Balkan nephropathy is endemic, human blood samples were collected and analysed for ochratoxin A. The incidence of positive samples was 0.5-2.5%. Dried beans were found to be more frequently contaminated with the toxin than other food commodities. In view of a specific accumulation of ochratoxin A observed in eggs, more attention should be paid to contamination of this food with ochratoxin A.
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Radić
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ceović
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sostarić
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hult
mesh_terms: D001449:Balkan Nephropathy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004531:Eggs / Q000032:analysis; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009793:Ochratoxins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012306:Risk; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D009793:Ochratoxins; C025589:ochratoxin A