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Review Article: Emerging Harmful Algal Blooms and Human Health: Pfiesteria and Related Organisms

Lora E. Fleming

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Marine and Biomedical Sciences Center, Rosenstiel School of Marine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Jana Easom

University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Daniel Baden

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Marine and Biomedical Sciences Center, Rosenstiel School of Marine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Alan Rowan

Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida

Bonnie Levfn

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Marine and Biomedical Sciences Center, Rosenstiel School of Marine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

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Toxicologic Pathology, Vol. 27, No. 5, 573-581 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/019262339902700511
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