Toxins produced in cyanobacterial water blooms - toxicity and risks

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 36-41

  Bláha, Ludśk ^a   Babica, Pavel ^a   Maršálek, Blahoslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

cylindrospermopsin; ecotoxicology; microcystin; peptide toxins; tumor promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857112282     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10102-009-0006-2     Document Type: Article

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