Conservation implications of Chamorro consumption of flying foxes as a possible cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-Parkinsonism dementia complex in Guam

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 678-686

  Monson, Clark S ^a   Banack, Sandra Anne ^b,c   Cox, Paul Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISEASE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; RODENT;

GUAM;

CANIDAE; CYCAS; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS MARIANNUS; PTEROPUS TOKUDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037904384     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02049.x     Document Type: Review

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