The role of lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase and organic substances from coal in the etiology of Balkan endemic nephropathy: A new hypothesis

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 949-954

  Pavlovic, Nikola M ^a   Orem, William H ^b   Tatu, Calin A ^c   Lerch, Harry E ^b   Bunnell, Joseph E ^b   Feder, Gerald L ^b   Kostic, Emina N ^a   Ordodi, Valentin L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

BEN; LCAT; Medical geology; Organic compounds; Pliocene lignite

Indexed keywords

COAL; DRINKING WATER; OCHRATOXIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BULGARIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CROATIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LEAD POISONING; PLIOCENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROMANIA; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 39049114679     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.10.033     Document Type: Article

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