Nanotechnologies in agriculture and food - An overview of different fields of application, risk assessment and public perception

Recent Patents on Food, Nutrition and Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 176-186

  Grobe, Antje ^a   Rissanen, Mikko E ^b  

^a DIALOG BASIS ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous silica; Definition; Dietary products; Encapsulated systems; Food additives; Food contact materials; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials in agriculture and food; Novel food; Pesticides; Public perception; Risk assessment; Titanium dioxide; Trust

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

AGRICULTURE; DIET; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD HANDLING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATENT; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUST;

AGRICULTURE; COMMUNICATION; DIET; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATENTS AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUST;

EID: 84870462068     PISSN: 22127984     EISSN: 18761429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/2212798411204030176     Document Type: Review

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