An outbreak of horseshoe crab poisoning in Chon Buri, Thailand: Clinical, toxicologic and therapeutic considerations

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 806-809

  Kanchanapongkul, Jirasak ^a   Kungsuwan, Attaya ^b   Tantisiriwan, Vorarit ^a   Punthawangkun, Chirapa ^a   Krittayapoositpot, Panida ^a  

^a CHONBURI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b Department of Fisheries ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMULUS; MALE; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; FEMALE; HORSESHOE CRABS; HUMANS; MALE; TETRODOTOXIN; THAILAND;

EID: 0030309006     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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