Aflatoxins in the lungs of children with kwashiorkor and children with miscellaneous diseases in nigeria

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 623-628

  Oyelami, O A ^a   Maxwell, S M ^b   Adelusola, K A ^a   Aladekoma, T A ^a   Oyelese, A O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOACCUMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KWASHIORKOR; LUNG; MALE; NIGERIA; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AFLATOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; NIGERIA;

EID: 0030805749     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984109708984048     Document Type: Article

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