Letter to the editor on Ghitani SA et al. Outbreak of foodborne botulism in Alexandria, Egypt. Modulating indications for administration of heptavalent botulinum antitoxin DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021

Letter to the editor on Ghitani SA et al. Outbreak of foodborne botulism in Alexandria, Egypt. Modulating indications for administration of heptavalent botulinum antitoxin DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021–14909-z

Published:2022-01-15 Issue:12 Volume:29 Page:18302-18304
ISSN:0944-1344
Container-title:Environmental Science and Pollution Research
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ Sci Pollut Res

Author:

Claytor Ling

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Pollution,Environmental Chemistry,General Medicine

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11356-021-18035-8.pdf

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