Risk assessment of the amnesic shellfish poison, domoic acid, on animals and humans

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-325

  Kumar, K Prem ^a   Kumar, Sreeletha Prem ^b   Nair, G Achuthan ^c  

^a ENBIOMON   (United States)

^b Ala Dept of Environmental Management   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Domoic acid; Neurotoxin; Public health; Risk assessment; Shellfish; Tolerable daily intake

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DOMOIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; SHELLFISH TOXIN;

ALGA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GASTROENTERITIS; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIN;

AMNESIA; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRUXISM; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARCINOGENICITY; CLAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFUSION; CONVULSION; CRAB; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MASTICATION; MUTAGENICITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PSEUDONITZSCHIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECEPTOR BINDING; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVATION; SCRATCHING; SHELLFISH POISONING; SYMPTOM; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TREMOR; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PRIMATES; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; RATTUS; SOLENIDAE;

EID: 65649144218     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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