Investigations into the presence of aflatoxins in human body fluids and tissues in relation to child health in the tropics

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Maxwell, Sheila Marguerite ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FLUID; BREAST MILK; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; KWASHIORKOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TISSUE LEVEL; TROPICS;

EID: 0031726681     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747979     Document Type: Article

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