Neuropsychological study of ciguatera fish poisoning: A longitudinal case-control study

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-553

  Friedman, Melissa A ^a,b,c   Arena, Patricia ^a   Levin, Bonnie ^a,b   Fleming, Lora ^a,b   Fernandez, Mercedes ^c   Weisman, Richard ^b   Bernstein, Jeff ^b   Schrank, Kathleen ^d   Blythe, Donna ^b   Backer, Lorraine ^f   Reich, Andrew ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Carlos Albizu University   (United States)

^d JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciguatera; Cognition; Harmful algae blooms (HABs); Neurobehavioral; Neuropsychology; Neurotoxins; Toxins

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGUATERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; SKIN TINGLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34249326522     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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