Are more restrictive food cadmium standards justifiable health safety measures or opportunistic barriers to trade? An answer from economics and public health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Figueroa B , Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cadmium standards; Sanitary and phytosanitary measures; Trade barriers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COSTS; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH CARE; SANITATION;

HEALTH SAFETY MEASURES; HUMAN BEINGS; INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL MARKETS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CADMIUM; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH RISK; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY APPROACH; SAFETY; SANITATION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MARKETING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SANITATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CADMIUM; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD;

EID: 36248989610     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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