Tin in canned food: A review and understanding of occurrence and effect

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1651-1662

  Blunden, Steve ^a   Wallace, Tony ^a  

^a ITRI Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Canned food; Clinical studies; Concentration; Dissolution; Permitted levels; Tin

Indexed keywords

TIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABSORPTION; ACUTE TOXICITY; BEVERAGE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANNED FOOD; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DIARRHEA; DISSOLUTION; EUROPE; EXCRETION; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; INGESTION; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141894187     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(03)00217-5     Document Type: Review

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