Risk assessment of trace elements intake through natural remedies in Poland

Trace Elements and Electrolytes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 222-226

  Falco G ^a   Llobet, J M ^a,b   Zareba, S ^c   Krzysiak, K ^c   Domingo, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bee pollen; Medicinal plants; Propolis; Risk assessment; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHOLESOL; COPPER; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; PROPOLIS; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIAN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSUMER; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

APOIDEA; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; VALERIANA; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 22544452166     PISSN: 09462104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/tep22222     Document Type: Article

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