Health risk assessment of cyanobacterial (blue-green algal) toxins in drinking water

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Falconer, Ian R ^a   Humpage, Andrew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Drinking water; Health risk; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARCINOGEN; CYANOGINOSIN; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; DRINKING WATER;

BLUE GREEN ALGA; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; SWINE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 22044455712     PISSN: 16604601     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2005010043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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