North Macedonia

Acrylamide Content in Food Commodities Consumed in North Macedonia and Its Risk Assessment in the Population

Background: Acrylamide (AA) is an important food contaminant resulted from Maillard reaction during thermal processing of carbohydrate rich food commodities. The present paper reports the data for the AA content in some types of thermally processed starch rich food, and assessment of dietary exposure for the population in North Macedonia. Methods: The AA level was determined employing modified...

Surface water characterization of three rivers in the Pb/Zn mining region of north- eastern Macedonia

National Hydrometeorological Service; Hydrology and Ecology Department; Skupi 28, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Ruđer Bošković Institute; Division for Marine and Environmental Research; Laboratory for Biological Effects of Metals; P.O. Box 180, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia Ruđer Bošković Institute; Division for Marine and Environmental Research; Laboratory for Aquaculture and Pathology of Aquatic Organisms; ...

Dietary Exposure and Health Risk Assessment of Aflatoxin M1 in Dairy Products Consumed by Population of North Macedonia

Background: Aflatoxins (AFs), as secondary metabolites, are mainly produced by fungi of Aspergillus genus. The determination of contamination rate, dietary exposure, and health risk assessment for aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) was conducted aimed to estimate potential health risks for the population of North Macedonia. Methods: A total of 974 dairy samples, including 404 Ultra-High Temperature (UHT) mil...

Antimalarial Work in Macedonia

The Presidential and Municipal Elections in Republic of Macedonia (FYRM). Internal and External Factors Introduction. Macedonia, or the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRM)

First of all, Macedonia has a relatively recent history since its independence and recognition as an autonomous nation-state in late 1991. It has been one of the former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was formally dissolved in 1992. Macedonia, on its part, has followed after the example of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina after holding a national referendum...