Saxitoxin and Analogs: Ecobiology, Origin, Chemistry, and Detection

Seafood and Freshwater Toxins: Pharmacology, Physiology, and Detection

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 991-1011

  Vale, Paulo ^a  

^a Unit of Upgrading of Fishery and Aquaculture Products (U VPPA)   (Portugal)

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DOI: 10.1201/b16662-34     Document Type: Chapter

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