Histamine (Scombroid) Fish Poisoning: a Comprehensive Review

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 64-69

  Feng, Charles ^a   Teuber, Suzanne ^a   Gershwin, M Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Food safety; Histamine poisoning; Scombroid poisoning

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIMETIDINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FAMOTIDINE; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROMETHAZINE; RANITIDINE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; MARINE TOXIN; SCOMBROTOXIN;

AWARENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTAMINE FISH POISONING; HUMAN; ICHYTHYOTOXICOSIS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; SYMPTOM; THYROTOXICOSIS; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FISH PRODUCT; FOODBORNE DISEASES;

FISH PRODUCTS; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH POLICY; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MARINE TOXINS;

EID: 84957434705     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-015-8467-x     Document Type: Review

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