Colour additive levels in foodstuffs commonly consumed by children in Kuwait

Food Control

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-105

  Sawaya, Wajih ^a   Husain, Adnan ^a   Al Otaibi, Jamla ^a   Al Foudari, Mohammed ^a   Hajji, Ahmed ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Food consumption survey; Good manufacturing practice; High performance liquid chromatography

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548335101     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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