An Outbreak of Scombroid Fish Poisoning in a Kindergarten

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 297-299

  Wu, Shu Fen ^a   Chen, Walter ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Histamine; Scombroid poisoning

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; HISTAMINE; TOXIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DIARRHEA; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD POISONING; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; MARINE TOXINS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY;

EID: 0347720633     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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