Pb, Hg, Cd, As, Sb and Al levels in foodstuffs from the 2nd French total diet study

Food Chemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1787-1799

  Millour, Sandrine ^a   Noël, Laurent ^a   Kadar, Ali ^a   Chekri, Rachida ^a   Vastel, Christelle ^a   Sirot, Véronique ^a   Leblanc, Jean Charles ^a   Guérin, Thierry ^a  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

Author keywords

Food; ICP MS; Occurrence data; Total diet study; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

DIETARY EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN REGULATION; FOOD; ICP-MS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED DIGESTION; OCCURRENCE DATA; TOTAL DIET STUDY;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEALTH; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; SWEETENING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; MICROWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 79551532034     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.12.086     Document Type: Article

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