Fumonisin B₁ /
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| Imprint: | Geneva : World Health Organization, 2000. |
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| Description: | xix, 150 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Environmental health criteria 219 |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4372295 |
| Summary: | This book evaluates the risks to human and animal health posed by the consumption of maize and maize-based products contaminated with fumonisin B1. This naturally occurring mycotoxin, produced by the mould Fusarium verticillioides, is found in high concentrations throughout the world, and is believed to be the most prevalent and toxic of the fumonisins. Consumption is known to cause two fatal diseases in farm animals. Possible adverse effects on human health are of particular importance in several developing countries, where maize and maize-based products are the staple food for large populations. |
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| Item Description: | "Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation, and the World Health Organization, and produced within the framework of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals." "International Programme on Chemical Safety"--Cover. "WHO Task Group on Environmental Health Criteria for Fumonisin B₁"--p. xiv. |
| Physical Description: | xix, 150 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-125). |
| ISBN: | 9241572191 |
