Lead in pharmaceutical products and dietary supplements

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-134

  Kauffman, John F ^a   Westenberger, Benjamin J ^a   Robertson, J David ^b   Guthrie, James ^b   Jacobs, Abigail ^a   Cummins, Susan K ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium supplements; cGMP; ICP MS; Lead exposure; Lead toxicity; Pharmaceutical products; USP lead limits; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALENDRONIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CETIRIZINE; CITRATE CALCIUM; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DUPRAPHEN II; EXPECTORANT AGENT; FAMOTIDINE; IBUPROFEN; IRON; LEAD; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; LOPERAMIDE; LORATADINE; METFORMIN; MINERAL; MONTELUKAST; MUCINEX; MULTIVITAMIN; NAPROXEN; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; ROSUVASTATIN; TRI VI SOL; TURNS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANODYNE;

ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG IMPURITY; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET;

ADULT; CHILD; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34249290110     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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