Lipophil-mediated reduction of toxicants in humans: An evaluation of an ayurvedic detoxification procedure

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 40-51

  Herron, Robert E ^a   Fagan, John B ^a  

^a MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; NONACHLOR; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EVALUATION; EXCRETION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIPID SOLUBILITY; LIPOPHILICITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; METABOLITE; POLLUTANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; IOWA; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036711630     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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