Leaching of aluminium from cookwares - A review

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-18

  Rajwanshi, Poonam ^a   Singh, Vibha ^a   Gupta, M K ^a   Dass, Sahab ^a  

^a DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Cooking conditions; Cookware; Health effects; Leaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006026523     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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