Migration of bisphenol A from polycarbonate baby bottles under real use conditions

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-383

  Maragou, Niki C ^a   Makri, Athina A ^a   Lampi, Eugenia ^b   Thomaidis, Nikolaos S ^a   Koupparis, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b General Chemistry State Laboratory   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Feeding bottles; HPLC FLD; Infants; LC MS; Migration; Polymer hydrolysis; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; POLYCARBONATE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT;

ARTICLE; BISPHENOL A MIGRATION TEST; BOTTLE FEEDING; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INFANT FEEDING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LEACHING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ADSORPTION; BABY FOOD; HUMAN; INFANT; KITCHEN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHENOLS; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; STERILIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 49849098605     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701509998     Document Type: Article

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