Pre-market testing of nanomaterials in food is both practical and necessary

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 285-286

  Tager, Jeremy ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

HYDROXYL GROUP; NANOMATERIAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; FOOD ADDITIVE;

CONSUMER; COST; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LAW; LETTER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MARKET; MARKETING; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84927128492     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.49     Document Type: Letter

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