Lead, cadmium and nickel in chocolates and candies from suburban areas of Mumbai, India

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 517-522

  Dahiya, Sudhir ^a   Karpe, Rupali ^a   Hegde, A G ^a   Sharma, R M ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Candies; Chocolate; Cocoa; Lead; Nickel

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FLAVORING AGENT; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CACAO; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; INDIA; MARKET; MILK;

EID: 14044253617     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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