The effects of blue algae on health;Gezondheidseffecten van blauwalgen

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 151, Issue 31, 2007, Pages 1723-1728

  Van Riel, A J H P ^a   Schets, F M ^b   Meulenbelt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; DIALYSIS FLUID; DRINKING WATER; IRRITANT AGENT; NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTOXICATION; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN IRRITATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BATHING BEACHES; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34547936128     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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