Toxicology of cyanotoxins: On the microcystins;Toxicologia de cianotoxinas: Microcistinas as estrelas do tema

Oecologia Brasiliensis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-271

  Soares, Raquel Moraes ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cyanotoxins; Microcystins; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77949670998     PISSN: 19806442     EISSN: 19819366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4257/oeco.2009.1302.04     Document Type: Article

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