Update of risk assessments of main marine biotoxins in the European Union

Toxicon

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-354

  Paredes, I ^a,b   Rietjens, I M C M ^b   Vieites, J M ^a   Cabado, A G ^a  

^a ANFACO CECOPESCA   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Union; Marine biotoxins; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AZASPIRACID; BREVETOXIN; CIGUATOXIN; CYCLIC IMINE; DOMOIC ACID; DYNOPHYSISTOXIN; MARINE TOXIN; OKADAIC ACID; PALYTOXIN; PECTENOTOXIN; SAXITOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YESSOTOXIN;

EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD SAFETY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MARINE TOXINS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80052390006     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.07.001     Document Type: Review

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