Improving packaged food quality and safety. Part 2: Nanocomposites

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 994-998

  Lagaron J M ^a,d   Cabedo, L ^b   Cava, D ^a   Feijoo, J L ^c   Gavara, R ^a   Gimenez, E ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^d CEEI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; EVOH; Nanocomposites; Permeability

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; OXYGEN; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SPOILAGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMIDITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELF LIFE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOPOLYMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERS; POLYVINYLS; SAFETY;

EID: 28244481076     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500239656     Document Type: Article

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