Melamine milk powder and infant formula sold in East Africa

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1709-1714

  Schoder, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELAMINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY;

AFRICA, EASTERN; CHINA; COMMERCE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRIAZINES;

EID: 78049423897     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.9.1709     Document Type: Article

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