Distribution of melamine in rat foetuses and neonates

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 398-402

  Chu, C Y ^a   Chu, K O ^a   Chan, Judy Y W ^a   Liu, X Z ^a   Ho, C S ^a   Wong, C K ^a   Lau, C M ^b   Ting, T L ^b   Fok, T F ^a   Fung, K P ^a   Wang, C C ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b Government Laboratory   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fetus; Melamine; Neonate; Pharmacokinetics; Pregnant

Indexed keywords

MELAMINE;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FETUS; MILK; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIAZINES;

RATTUS;

EID: 78650509591     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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