A review of selected seafood poisonings

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-184

  Clark, Richard F ^a   Williams, S R ^b   Nordt, S P ^b   Manoguerra, A S ^b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Poisoning; Review; Seafood; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DOMOIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; KAINIC ACID; MARINE TOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CIGUATERA; FISH; HUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; SHELLFISH;

ANIMALS; CIGUATERA POISONING; FISHES; HUMANS; KAINIC ACID; MARINE TOXINS; PARALYSIS; SEAFOOD; SHELLFISH; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0033192806     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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