Status and future concerns of clinical and environmental aluminum toxicology

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 527-541

  Flaten, Trond Peder ^a   Alfrey, Allen C ^b   Birchall, J Derek ^c   Savory, John ^d   Yokel, Robert A ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

AGRICULTURE; ANEMIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSTEOMALACIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029824725     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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