Critical review of public health regulations of titanium dioxide, a human food additive

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 10-20

  Jovanović, Boris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

E171 food additive; Oral ingestion; Risk assessment; Titanium dioxide; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LAW; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; FOOD ADDITIVES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TITANIUM;

EID: 84927649790     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1571     Document Type: Review

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