Consumer exposure to phthalates from paper packaging: An integrated approach

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1451-1459

  Pocas M F ^a   Oliveira, J C ^b   Pereira, J R ^a   Hogg, T ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biscuits; Cereals; Confectionary; Exposure assessment; Migration; Packaging; Paper; Phthalates; Probability modelling

Indexed keywords

BAKERIES; ESTERS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PACKAGING; PAPER; PAPERBOARDS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BISCUITS; CEREALS; CONFECTIONARY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MIGRATION; PHTHALATES; PROBABILITY MODELLING;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

DIISOBUTYLPHTHALATE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PAPER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREALS; ESTERS; PACKAGING; PAPER; PAPER BOARDS; POLLUTION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77955946112     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2010.490790     Document Type: Article

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