Ochratoxin A in human sera in the area with endemic nephropathy in Croatia

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-109

  Radić, Božica ^a   Fuchs, Radovan ^a   Peraica, Maja ^a   Lucić, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Endemic; Kidney disease; Nephropathy; Ochratoxin A

Indexed keywords

OCHRATOXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ANIMAL FEED; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; CEREALS; CROATIA; FABACEAE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; OCHRATOXINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031589168     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(97)03877-0     Document Type: Article

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