Carcinogenic compounds in alcoholic beverages: an update
- Tabea Pflaum, Thomas Hausler, +4 authors Dirk W Lachenmeier
- Archives of Toxicology
- 2016
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The margin of exposure to formaldehyde in alcoholic beverages.
- Published 2012 in Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju
Abstract
Formaldehyde has been classified as carcinogenic to humans (WHO IARC group 1). It causes leukaemia and nasopharyngeal cancer, and was described to regularly occur in alcoholic beverages. However, its risk associated with consumption of alcohol has not been systematically studied, so this study will provide the first risk assessment of formaldehyde for… (More)