Assessment on dietary melamine exposure from tainted infant formula

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-103

  Jia, Xu Dong ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Wang, Zhu Tian ^a   Zhao, Yun Feng ^a   Wu, Yong Ning ^a   Yan, Wei Xing ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure assessment; Infant formula; Melamine

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650784193     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(09)60029-5     Document Type: Article

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