Toxic and Harmful Seaweeds

Seaweed in Health and Disease Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 407-421

  Cheney, D ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Carrageenans; Cyanobacteria; Harmful effects; Iodine; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Seaweed blooms; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969724161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802772-1.00013-0     Document Type: Chapter

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