Human Poisoning after ingestion of puffer fish caught from Mediterranean sea

Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-288

  Chamandi, Suheil Chucrallah ^a   Kallab, Kamal ^a,b   Mattar, Hanna ^a   Nader, Elie ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b Dean of Medical Faculty

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TOXIC FISH;

AGED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES, POISONOUS; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 67650479953     PISSN: 05440440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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