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The Paradox of Human Equivalent Dose Formula: A Canonical Case Study of Abrus Precatorius Aqueous Leaf Extract in Monogastric Animals Cover

The Paradox of Human Equivalent Dose Formula: A Canonical Case Study of Abrus Precatorius Aqueous Leaf Extract in Monogastric Animals

Macedonian Veterinary Review
Volume 39 (2016): Issue 1 (March 2016)
By: Saganuwan Alhaji Saganuwan and  Patrick Azubuike Onyeyili  
Open Access
|Mar 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/macvetrev-2015-0061 | Journal eISSN: 1857-7415
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Language: English
Page range: 23 - 32
Submitted on: May 16, 2015
Accepted on: Oct 10, 2015
Published on: Mar 15, 2016
Published by: Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
monogastric,
toxicity,
Abrus precatorius,
mice,
human
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Medicine,
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