Labeling nano-enabled consumer products

Nano Today

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-121

  Gruére, Guillaume P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer products; Labeling; Public perception

Indexed keywords

LABELING; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; POLICY LEVEL; PUBLIC PERCEPTION;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS;

NANOMATERIAL;

PACKAGING; POLICY; REVIEW;

EID: 79954424667     PISSN: 17480132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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