Potential exposure to bisphenol A from food‐contact use of polycarbonate resins

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 370-375

  Howe, Susan R ^a   Borodinsky, Lester ^b  

^a Soc of the Plastics Industry Inc   (United States)

^b Keller and Heckman   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; BPA; Consumer products; Polycarbonate resins

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; POLYCARBONATE; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 0031942216     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652039809374653     Document Type: Article

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