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Tainted catch.
- Source :
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New Scientist . 07/18/98, Vol. 159 Issue 2143, p22. 2/3p. 1 Color Photograph. - Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Reports on the search for a way to test fish for a deadly toxin. Identification of ciguatoxins as the cause of the illness contracted from fish known as Ciguatera; Number of people affected by this illness; Ciguatoxins found in 400 species of fish; Symptoms of the illness; Research by Richard Lewis of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia and Jean-Paul Vernoux of the University of Caen in France; Findings published in `Journal of the American Chemical Society.'
- Subjects :
- *TOXICOLOGY of poisonous fishes
*FISHES
*HEALTH
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02624079
- Volume :
- 159
- Issue :
- 2143
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Scientist
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 866715