Determination of melamine cytotoxicity

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-228

  Radko, Lidia ^a   Minta, Maria ^a   Stypuła Trebas, Sylwia ^a   Zmudzki, Jan ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cell cultures; Cytotoxicity; In vitro methods; Melamine

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77954598469     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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