Azaspiracid poisoning, the food-borne illness associated with shellfish consumption

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 879-892

  James, K J ^a   Fidalgo Saez M J ^a   Furey, A ^a   Lehane, M ^a  

^a Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Food safety; Harmful algae; Marine toxins; Poisoning; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

AZASPIRACID;

ALGA; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOASSAY; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENUS; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLLUSC; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHELLFISH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXICOLOGY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; MARINE TOXINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEASONS; SHELLFISH; SPIRO COMPOUNDS;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PROTOPERIDINIUM;

EID: 8544277273     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030400002105     Document Type: Review

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