Health risks of genetically modified foods

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-175

  Dona, Artemis ^a   Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allergenicity; Antibiotic resistance; Food safety; Genetically modified; Health risks; Recombinant growth hormone; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MOUSE; PLANT; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MICE; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 55849111556     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408390701855993     Document Type: Article

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