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Handbook of Natural Toxins: Food Poisoning

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ISBN10: 824786521
ISBN13: 9780824786526

Publisher: CRC Press

Price: $269.95
Pages: 656
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Publish date: November 1992

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This resource discusses all aspects of food poisoning and its sources such as bacteria, plant, and fungus - presenting the pathogens and food toxins in detail.,Featuring contributions from over 30 leading authorities in the field, Food Poisoning ...: describes bacterial food contaminants including staphylococcal, salmonellae, E. coli, Clostridium perfringens, Bacillus cereus, cholera, and botulism, covers the prevention and treatment of mushroom and other poisonings from grains and plant-type foods, explains how to aid allergic reactions resulting from eating certain foods, identifies which kinds of seafood may cause severe poisoning, explores teratogenic aspects of food poisoning, outlining which foods pregnant women should avoid, and shows how those sensitive to nitrosamines can avoid such food poisoning.,Extensively referenced with more than 2200 literature citations, Volume 7: Food Poisoning serves as essential reading for toxicologists, microbiologists, dietitians and nutritionists, public health officials, food scientists and technologists, agricultural chemists and biochemists, bacteriologists, and graduate-level students in food science and toxicology.

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