Three clusters of ciguatera poisoning: Clinical manifestations and public health implications

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 160-162

  Karalis, Tass ^a   Gupta, Leena ^a,d   Chu, Matthew ^b   Campbell, Brett A ^a   Capra, Michael F ^c   Maywood, Patrick A ^a  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b The Canterbury Hospital   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d CSAHS Public Health Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CIGUATOXIN; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEA FOOD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034696314     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb125539.x     Document Type: Article

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