Ciguatera fish poisoning following consumption of a variety of fishes presents a distinct complex of polymorphous symptoms, including gastrointestinal (abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea), neurological (primarily parasthesia, dysesthesia), and cardiovascular (bradycardia, hypotension, tachyc
Ciguatera fish poisoning
β Scribed by J.C. Hargrave
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9203
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