Risks vs benefits of nuts consumption in Portugal: the balance between preventable myocardial infarctions and the burden of the liver cancer associated to aflatoxin exposure

The occurrence of mycotoxins in nuts, including the most potent carcinogenic aflatoxins (AFTs), has been reported by several authors worldwide. Notwithstanding, nut consumption plays an important role in the Mediterranean diet due to their nutrient contents and the consequent potential to produce be...

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Main Author: Assunção, Ricardo (author)
Other Authors: Jakobsen, Lea S. (author), Alvito, Paula (author), Carmona, Paulo (author), Carvalho, Catarina (author), Lopes, Carla (author), Martins, Carla (author), Monteiro, Sarogini (author), Nabais, Pedro (author), Correia, Daniela (author), Torres, Duarte (author), Viegas, Carla (author), Viegas, Susana (author), Nauta, Maarten (author), Pires, Sara M. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Nutrition
Exposure assessment
Aflatoxin
Nut consumption
Mediterranean diet
Cardiovascular prevention
Portugal
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/10042
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/10042

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/10042

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