Study of an outbreak of ciguatera fish poisoning in Hong Kong

Toxicon

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 563-571

  Wong, Chun Kwan ^a   Hung, Patricia ^a   Lee, Kellie L H ^a   Kam, Kai Man ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cigua Check analysis; Ciguatera fish poisoning; Ciguatoxin; Hong Kong; Marine biotoxin; Mouse bioassay

Indexed keywords

CIGUATOXIN; ETHER;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CIGUATERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HONG KONG; LETHAL DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY WEIGHT; CIGUATERA POISONING; CIGUATOXINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MEAT; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR;

ANTHOZOA; CHEILINUS UNDULATUS; CIGUATERA; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; PISCES; PLECTROPOMUS AREOLATUS; PLECTROPOMUS LEOPARDUS;

EID: 24344457707     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.06.023     Document Type: Article

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