Ciguatera fish poisoning in the pacific islands (1998 to 2008)

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Skinner, Mark P ^a   Brewer, Tom D ^b   Johnstone, Ron ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^c,d   Lewis, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGUATERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INCIDENCE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; CORAL REEF; ECONOMICS; HURRICANE; NEGLECTED DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CIGUATERA POISONING; CORAL REEFS; CYCLONIC STORMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84855306494     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001416     Document Type: Article

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