Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: Environmental Health Criteria Series No. 80

von Unep, Ilo

348 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Environmental Health Criteria
• Themen: Medizin Medizin / Gesundheitswesen, allgemein Public Health und Präventivmedizin Epidemiologie und medizinische Statistik
• ISBN: 9789241542807
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.1988
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: World Health Organization
• Dirigente(en): World Health Organization