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Original Articles

Probabilistic dietary exposure to ethyl carbamate from fermented foods and alcoholic beverages in the Korean population

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Pages 1885-1892 | Received 22 May 2017, Accepted 24 Jul 2017, Published online: 04 Sep 2017

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