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Algal toxins or copper poisoning — revisiting the Palm Island “epidemic”

Paul Prociv
Med J Aust 2004; 181 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06316.x
Published online: 16 August 2004

Paul Prociv


  • School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072.


Correspondence: p.prociv@mailbox.uq.edu.au

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