Blue green algal (cyanobacterial) toxins, surface drinking water, and liver cancer in Florida

Harmful Algae

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-168

  Fleming, Lora E ^a,d   Rivero, Carlos ^a   Burns, John ^b   Williams, Chris ^b,c   Bean, Judy A ^a   Shea, Kathleen A ^a   Stinn, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b CyanoLab   (United States)

^c ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue green algal toxins; Cyanobacteria; Drinking water; Ecological studies; Geographic information systems (GIS); Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Microcystins; Surface water

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; TOXIN;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0038693027     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-9883(02)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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