Evaluation of aluminium concentrations in samples of chocolate and beverages by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 788-796

  Sepe, A ^a   Costantini, S ^a   Ciaralli, L ^a   Ciprotti, M ^a   Giordano, R ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Beverages; Chocolate; Dietary intake; ETA AAS

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BEVERAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CACAO; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; FRUIT JUICE; LABORATORY TEST; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEA; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS PERSICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0034839359     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030118615     Document Type: Article

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