Exposure assessment to synthetic food colours of a selected population in Hyderabad, India

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 415-421

  Rao, Pratima ^a   Bhat, R V ^a   Sudershan, R V ^a   Krishna, T P ^a   Naidu, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Acceptable daily intake (ADI); Erythrosine; Exposure assessment; Food colours; Sunset yellow; Tartrazine

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROSINE; FOOD DYE; SUNSET YELLOW; TARTRAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; TARTRAZINE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 2942516526     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030410001668772     Document Type: Article

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