Trace element content in tea brewed in traditional metallic and stainless steel teapots

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 8957-8966

  Petit, D ^a   El Houari, W ^b   Jacobs, K ^b   Baeyens, W ^a   Leermakers, M ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Erasmushogeschool Brussel   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beverages; Exposure; Food contact materials; Lead; Metals; Migration; Soldering; Tea; Teapots; Toxic elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COATED STEEL; BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS; SOLDERING; STAINLESS STEEL; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTACT MATERIAL; MIGRATION; TEAPOTS; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

TEA;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GLASS; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEMENT MOBILITY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEAD; TEA; TOXICOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BREWING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GENERAL DEVICE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL TEAPOT; SPROUT; TEA;

BELGIUM; BRUSSELS [BELGIUM]; BRUSSELS [BRUSSELS (RGA)];

EID: 84885477782     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3226-z     Document Type: Article

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