Determination of elemental toxicity migration limits, bioaccessibility and risk assessment of essential childcare products

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 3406-3413

  Aboel Dahab, Ali ^a   Elhag, Dhia Eldin A ^b   Ahmed, Ammar Bourai ^b   Al Obaid, Humaida A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Feeding teats; Heavy metals; ICP OES; Metal bioaccessibility; Migration limit; Risk assessment; Teethers

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD (REGULATION); TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

METAL; POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84958763404     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5594-0     Document Type: Article

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