Risk to human health associated with marine toxic algae;Il rischio sanitario associato alle tossine di alghe marine

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-68

  Ade, Paola ^a   Funari, Enzo ^a   Poletti, Roberto ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Centro Ricerche Marine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algal toxins; Marine toxic algae

Indexed keywords

MARINE TOXIN;

ALGA; DIARRHEA; FLAGELLATE; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH HAZARD; INTOXICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; MARINE TOXINS; RISK; SHELLFISH;

EID: 0037763821     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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