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Exposure to lipophilic chemicals as a cause of neurological impairments, neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases Cover

Exposure to lipophilic chemicals as a cause of neurological impairments, neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases

Interdisciplinary Toxicology
Volume 6 (2013): Issue 3 (September 2013)
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|Feb 2014
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/intox-2013-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1337-9569 | Journal ISSN: 1337-6853
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Language: English
Page range: 103 - 110
Published on: Feb 27, 2014
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Pharmacology & Toxicology, Centre of Experimental Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
neurological disease,
Alzheimer’s disease,
Parkinson’s disease,
autism,
ADHD,
lipophilic chemicals,
toxic chemicals
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Pharmacology, toxicology

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