Cadmium content in foodstuffs from the Greek market

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 954-962

  Karavoltsos, S ^a   Sakellari, A ^a   Dimopoulos, M ^a   Dasenakis, M ^a   Scoullos, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Food contaminants content; Greece; Heavy metal analysis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CADMIUM POISONING; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DAIRY PRODUCT; EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GREECE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MARKET; MEAT; MILK; MOLLUSC; ORGANIC FARMING; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; CADMIUM; COMMERCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; GREECE; HUMANS; MEAT; SHELLFISH; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VEGETABLES;

CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0036809168     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030210136973     Document Type: Article

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