Nephrotoxicity of mala fide melamine: Modern era milk scandal

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 949-950

  Lattupalli, Rakesh ^a   Kolluru, Anuradha ^a   Yee, Jerry ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANURIC ACID; MELAMINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHILD DEATH; CHINA; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FOOD INDUSTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MILK; NEPHROTOXICITY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; KIDNEY DISEASES; MILK; TRIAZINES;

EID: 55549100625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2008.134     Document Type: Note

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