Melamine in prenatal and postnatal organs in rats

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-47

  Chu, Ching Yan ^a   Chu, Kai On ^a,b   Ho, Chung Shun ^c   Kwok, Sung Shing ^c   Chan, Ho Ming ^c   Fung, Kwok Pui ^b   Wang, Chi Chiu ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Distribution; Infants; Melamine; Pharmacokinetics; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MELAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD SAFETY; KIDNEY; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIAZINES;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871918566     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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