Prevalence of chronic symptoms of ciguatera disease in French Polynesian adults

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 842-846

  Chateau Degat, Marie Ludivine ^b   Huin Blondey, Marie Odile ^c   Chinain, Mireille ^d   Darius, Taiana ^d   Legrand, Anne Marie ^d   Ngoc, Lam Nguyen ^d   Laudon, François ^c   Chansin, René ^d   Dewailly, Eric ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Direction de la Santé Service de Protection Maternelle   (French Polynesia)

^d INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CIGUATERA; COORDINATION DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GAMBIERDISCUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PRURITUS; SEA FOOD; TOOTH PAIN; VERTIGO; VOMITING; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNESIA; PREVALENCE; TIME;

CIGUATERA;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGUATERA POISONING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNESIA; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42949157472     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.842     Document Type: Article

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