Public health response to puffer fish (Tetrodotoxin) poisoning from mislabeled product

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 810-817

  Cohen, Nicole J ^a,g   Deeds, Jonathan R ^b,h   Wong, Eugene S ^c   Hanner, Robert H ^c   Yancy, Haile F ^b   White, Kevin D ^b   Thompson, Trevonne M ^d   Wahl, Michael ^d   Pham, Tu D ^a   Guichard, Frances M ^a   Huh, In ^e   Austin, Connie ^f   Dizikes, George ^f   Gerber, Susan I ^a  

^a CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d ILLINOIS POISON CENTER   (United States)

^e SWEDISH COVENANT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 64749114276     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-72.4.810     Document Type: Article

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