A comparative study on the synthetic food colours usage in foods procured from urban and rural areas of Hyderabad

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 230-234

  Rao, Pratimo ^a   Bhat, Ramesh V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Allowances; Food additives; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131922     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650310499758     Document Type: Review

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