Presence of ochratoxin A in Tunisian blood nephropathy patients. Exposure level to OTA

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 613-618

  Zaied, Chiraz ^a   Bouaziz, Chayma ^a   Azizi, Islam ^a   Bensassi, Fatma ^a   Chour, Abdelthif ^b   Bacha, Hassen ^a   Abid, Salwa ^a  

^a Faculty of Dentistry   (Tunisia)

^b SAHLOUL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

HPLC; Human nephropathy; Ochratoxin A; Serum; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

OCHRATOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CHRONIC VASCULAR NEPHROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TUNISIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; OCHRATOXINS; REFERENCE VALUES; TUNISIA;

ASPERGILLUS; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 80053282379     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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