Ciguatera fish poisoning in industrial ship crewmembers: A retrospective study in a seaport general practice in Trinidad and Tobago;Envenenamiento por pescado con Ciguatera entre miembros de la tripulación de barcos industriales: Un estudio retropectivo en la práctica médica general portuaria de Trinidad y Tobago

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 220-226

  Poon King, C M ^a,b   Chen, A ^a,b   Poon King, T ^a,b,c  

^a General Practice Services   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c NONE   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; NEOSTIGMINE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CIGUATERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSESTHESIA; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRURITUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIPPING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VOMITING; WORKER;

ADULT; CIGUATERA POISONING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAVAL MEDICINE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 9944262425     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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