Elements in rice from the Swedish market: 1. Cadmium, lead and arsenic (total and inorganic)

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-292

  Jorhem, L ^a   Astrand C ^a   Sundstrom B ^a   Baxter, M ^b   Stokes, P ^b   Lewis, J ^b   Grawe, K Petersson ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b Central Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Heavy metals; Inorganic arsenic; Lead; Rice; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; TRACE METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BROWN RICE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIGESTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; LONG GRAIN RICE; PARBOILED WHITE RICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RICE; SHORT GRAIN RICE; SWEDEN; WHITE RICE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MARKETING; ORYZA SATIVA; SWEDEN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 49849088627     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701474219     Document Type: Article

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