Hazardous freshwater cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)

The Lancet

Volumn 341, Issue 8859, 1993, Pages 1519-1520

  Elder, G H ^a   Hunter, P R ^b   Codd, G A ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PHLS Laboratory Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

CYANOBACTERIUM; DIARRHEA; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; HUMAN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0027241136     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)90643-U     Document Type: Article

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