Acute skin irritant effects of cyanobacteria (blue‐green algae) in healthy volunteers

Abstract Objective: To assess the skin irritant potential of a range of laboratory grown cyanobacterial species using skin‐patch testing on human volunteers. Methods: Cell suspensions and extracts of cyanobacterial cultures of Microcystis aeruginosa (non‐toxic strain), Anabaena circinalis and Nodula...

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Main Authors: Louis Pilotto, Peter Hobson, Michael D. Burch, Geetha Ranmuthugala, Robyn Attewell, Warren Weightman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-06-01
Series:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00699.x