Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 406-410 , March 2005

Effect of folic acid supplementation on aluminum accumulation in rats

  • Terken Baydar, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90-312-305-1851; fax: +90-312-311-4777.
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  • László Nagymajtényi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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  • Askin Isimer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Toxicology, Gulhane Military Medicine Academy, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Gonul Sahin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90-312-305-1851; fax: +90-312-311-4777.

Received 30 December 2003 ,Accepted 1 July 2004.

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 This study was supported by research grant 01.01.301.0003 from Hacettepe University.

PII: S0899-9007(04)00302-8

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.07.008

Nutrition
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 406-410 , March 2005

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