| Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: Environmental Health Criteria Series No. 80 Contributor(s): World Health Organization (Producer), Ilo (Author), Unep (Author) |
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ISBN: 9241542802 ISBN-13: 9789241542807 Publisher: World Health Organization OUR PRICE: $56.43 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1988 Annotation: Alerts the medical and public health professions to the severe risks of morbidity and mortality posed by human consumption of plants, including cereals and herbal medicines, containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Citing well over 500 published studies, the book draws together the evidence documenting acute and often fatal organ damage arising from both accidental consumption va contaminated staple crops and the deliberate consumption, in developed and developing countries alike, of medicinal herbs containing these alkaloids. Risks to farm animals are also fully documented. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Epidemiology - Law | Environmental - Medical | Health Policy |
| Dewey: 565 |
| Series: Environmental Health Criteria |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6" W x 9" (1.03 lbs) 348 pages |