Haff disease: From the Baltic Sea to the U.S. shore

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 192-195

  Buchholz, Udo ^a,b,d   Mouzin, Eric ^a,b   Dickey, Robert ^c   Moolenaar, Ron ^b   Sass, Neil ^c   Mascola, Laurene ^a  

^a Los Angeles Department of Health Services   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; EATING; FISH; HAFF DISEASE; HUMAN; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034009473     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0602.000215     Document Type: Article

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