Levels and potential health risks of mercury in prescription, non-prescription medicines and dietary supplements in Poland

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 396-400

  Kowalski, Artur ^a   Frankowski, Marcin ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

CV AFS; Dietary supplements; Drugs; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARDIAC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; MERCURY; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; TRANQUILIZER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECTROMETRY; VAPOR; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG CONTAMINATION; RISK;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MERCURY; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; POLAND; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RISK;

EID: 84940391451     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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