Phthalate and adipate esters in Australian packaging materials

Food Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-287

  Balafas, D ^a   Shaw, K J ^a   Whitfield, F B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PLASTICIZER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG DETERMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PACKAGING MATERIAL;

EID: 0033060062     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(98)00240-4     Document Type: Article

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