Pesticides in dietary foods for infants and young children. Report of the working group on pesticides in baby foods of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-92

  Koletzko, B ^h   Aggett, P J ⁱ   Agostoni, C ^a   Baerlocher, K ^b   Bresson, J L ^c   Cooke, R J ⁱ   Decsi, T ⁱ   Deutsch, J ⁱ   Janda, J ^d   Manz, F ^e   Moya, M ^f   Rigo, J ⁱ   Socha, J ^g  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ostschweizer Kinderspital   (Switzerland)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

^f MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^g CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^h LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0002743155     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.80.1.91     Document Type: Article

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