Human exposure to ochratoxin A.
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.
Fuchs
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R
Department of Toxicology, University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
Radić
B
B
Ceović
S
S
Sostarić
B
B
Hult
K
K
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
D009793:Ochratoxins; C025589:ochratoxin A