Ochratoxin A as a potential etiologic factor in endemic nephropathy: Lessons from toxicity studies in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2254-2260

  Mally, A ^a   Hard, G C ^b   Dekant, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Endemic nephropathy; Mycotoxin; Nephrotoxicity; Ochratoxin A; Renal cell tumors

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIGENETICS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; CARCINOGENS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; OCHRATOXINS; RATS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34548832725     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.05.021     Document Type: Article

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