Human health and environmental impacts from pfiesteria: A science-based rebuttal to griffith (1999)

Human Organization

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 455-458

  Lewitus, Alan J ^a,b,c,d   Rublee, Parke A ^a   Mallin, Michael A ^a   Shumway, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate; Environmental health; Fish kill; Human health; Pfiesteria; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000399326     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.58.4.r144r40440573171     Document Type: Article

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