Evidence against Barium in the Mushroom Trogia venenata as a Cause of Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Yunnan, China

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8834-8835

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Li, Yanchun ^b   Wu, Gang ^b   Feng, Bang ^b   Yoell, Shanze ^c   Yu, Zefen ^a   Zhang, Keqin ^a   Xu, Jianping ^a,c  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM CONCENTRATIONS; SOUTHWEST CHINA; YUNNAN , CHINA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BARIUM;

BARIUM;

BARIUM; FUNGAL DISEASE; MUSHROOM;

AGARICALES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; FOOD POISONING;

AGARICALES; BARIUM; CHINA; FOODBORNE DISEASES;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; TROGIA;

EID: 84871009893     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01798-12     Document Type: Article

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