Review of clupeotoxism, an often fatal illness from the consumption of clupeoid fishes

Pacific Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-77

  Randall, John E ^a  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; MORTALITY; POISONING; TOXICITY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANCHOA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; CLUPEIFORMES; DINOPHYCEAE; ENGRAULIDAE; HAWAIIA; HERKLOTSICHTHYS QUADRIMACULATUS; OSTREOPSIS SIAMENSIS; PISCES; SARDINELLA MARQUESENSIS;

EID: 14344257703     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2005.0013     Document Type: Review

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