Migration of silver from commercial plastic food containers and implications for consumer exposure assessment

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 612-620

  von Goetz, Natalie ^a   Fabricius, Lars ^a   Glaus, Reto ^b   Weitbrecht, Volker ^a   Günther, Detlef ^b   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

food container; food simulant; migration; nanoparticles; silver

Indexed keywords

FOOD STORAGE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; OLIVE OIL; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILVER;

COMMERCIAL PLASTICS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FOOD CONTAINERS; FOOD SIMULANTS; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS; GENERAL POPULATION; MIGRATION; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; OLIVE OIL; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONTAINER; DIFFUSION; FOOD STORAGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84874471440     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2012.762693     Document Type: Article

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