Assessing the incidence of ciguatera fish poisoning with two surveys conducted in Culebra, Puerto Rico, during 2005 and 2006

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 526-529

  Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^a   Luber, George ^a   Conklin, Laura ^a   Tosteson, Thomas R ^b   Granade, Hudson R ^c   Dickey, Robert W ^c   Backer, Lorraine C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

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

Author keywords

Ciguatera; Ciguatera fish poisoning; Ciguatoxins; Incidence; Poisoning; Puerto Rico; Seafood

Indexed keywords

CIGUATOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CIGUATERA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CIGUATERA POISONING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCIFORMES; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

CIGUATERA;

EID: 84859343040     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104003     Document Type: Article

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