Food chemistry and chemophobia

Food Security

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-187

  Gribble, Gordon W ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Chemophobia; Food safety; Food security; Organohalogens

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84876545622     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-013-0251-2     Document Type: Article

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