Food poisoning outbreaks linked to mussels contaminated with okadaic acid and ester dinophysistoxin-3 In France, June 2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 3-

  Hossen, V ^a   Jourdan da Silva, N ^b   Guillois Becel Y ^b   Marchal, J ^c   Krys, S ^a  

^a French Agency for Food   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^c Ministry of Agriculture   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOPHYSISTOXIN 3; MARINE TOXIN; OKADAIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PYRAN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED MUSSEL; DINOFLAGELLATE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SHELLFISH POISONING; STANDARD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MARINE TOXINS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; OKADAIC ACID; PYRANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SHELLFISH POISONING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355133497     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.46.20020-en     Document Type: Article

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