Feasibility study on the use of probabilistic migration modeling in support of exposure assessment from food contact materials

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1052-1061

  Poças, Maria F ^a,d   Oliveira, Jorge C ^b   Brandsch, Rainer ^c   Hogg, Timothy ^d  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c MDCTec Ltd ZN Gilching   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; food packaging; migration; probabilistic modeling

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DISTRIBUTION CHAINS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FICK'S LAW; FOOD CONTACT MATERIAL; FOOD PACKAGE; FOOD PACKAGING; INPUT PARAMETER; MIGRATION TIME; MODEL SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PACKAGING SYSTEM; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATES; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; SOURCES OF VARIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MACHINES; PARAFFINS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PHOSPHITE; PLASTIC; TRIS (2,4 DI TERT BUTYLPHENYL) PHOSPHITE; TRIS-(2,4-DI-TERT-BUTYLPHENYL) PHOSPHITE;

DATABASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HETEROGENEITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY; ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOSPHITES; PLASTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77954738682     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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