Ciguatera Fish Poisoning - Texas, 1997

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 47, Issue 33, 1998, Pages 692-694

  Smith, W ^b   Lieber, B ^a   Perrotta, D M ^b   Hokama, Y ^b  

^a Southeast Texas Poison Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIGUATERA; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; SEA FOOD; UNITED STATES;

CIGUATERA POISONING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; SEAFOOD; TEXAS;

EID: 0032575404     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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