Elevated levels of cerium in tubers from regions endemic for endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 168-170

  Eapen, J T ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; LANTHANIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL POLLUTION; TROPICS; VEGETABLE;

CERIUM; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0031973444     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900606     Document Type: Article

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