Occupational histamine poisoning by fish flour: A case report

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-24

  Macan, Jelena ^a   Vucemilovic A ^b   Turk, R ^a   Medugorac, B ^b   Milkovic Kraus S ^a   Gomzi, M ^a   Poljak, I ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Eye symptoms; Fish flour; Harbour workers; Histamine intoxication; Poison Control Center; Skin symptoms; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE IRRITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEA FOOD; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 0343527973     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/50.1.22     Document Type: Article

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