Acetaminophen (paracetamol) levels in human tears

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 544-546

  Lifshitz, Matityahu ^a   Weinstein, Orly ^a   Gavrilov, Vladimir ^a   Rosenthal, Gideon ^a   Lifshitz, Tova ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Paracetamol; Serum; Tears

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; HUMAN; LACRIMAL FLUID; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; TEARS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032835538     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-199910000-00010     Document Type: Article

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