Ciguatera poisoning in Vanuatu

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-266

  Goodman, Anna ^a,b   Williams, Thomas N ^a   Maitland, Kathryn ^a,c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Kenya Medical Research Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGUATERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXOTIC SPECIES; FEMALE; FISH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM; TROPICS; VANUATU; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CIGUATERA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIGUATERA POISONING; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037316270     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.263     Document Type: Article

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