What is the risk of aluminium as a neurotoxin?

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 589-591

  Exley, Christopher ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aluminium; Alzheimer's disease; body burden; brain; neurotoxin

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NEUROTOXIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BODY BURDEN; DIALYSIS ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY;

ALUMINUM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 84901426913     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2014.915745     Document Type: Review

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