The toxicological quandary in the use of plasticizers in medical devices

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Krishnan, V Kalliyana ^a   Bhuvaneshwar, G S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CITRIC ACID; ESTER DERIVATIVE; OIL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PARAFFIN; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ARTERY CATHETER; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEEDING APPARATUS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GLASS BOTTLE; HEMODIALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LD 50; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY; TUBE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT REUSE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; RATS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 2442516261     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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