Ciguatera fish poisoning on the West Africa Coast: An emerging risk in the Canary Islands (Spain)

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1516-1519

  Boada, Luis D ^a   Zumbado, Manuel ^a   Luzardo, Octavio P ^a   Almeida González, Maira ^a   Plakas, Steven M ^b   Granade, Hudson R ^b   Abraham, Ann ^b   Jester, Edward L E ^b   Dickey, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Ciguatera; Ciguatoxins; Lesser amberjack; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

CIGUATOXIN;

ARTICLE; CIGUATERA; COASTAL WATERS; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; CIGUATERA POISONING; CIGUATOXINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FISHES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SPAIN;

CIGUATERA; SERIOLA FASCIATA; SERIOLA RIVOLIANA;

EID: 77958485847     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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