Element residues in food contact plastics and their migration into food simulants, measured by inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 651-669

  Fordham, Peter J ^a   Gramshaw, John W ^a   Crews, Helen M ^b   Castle, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aids to polymerization; Element residues; ICP MS; Migration; Plastics

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE; ANTIMONY; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MAGNESIUM; OLIVE OIL; PLASTIC; POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE COOKING; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

DRUG RESIDUES; ELEMENTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; PLASTICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, MASS;

EID: 0029150741     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652039509374354     Document Type: Article

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