| dc.contributor.author | Laws, EA | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fleming, LE | |
| dc.contributor.author | Stegeman, JJ | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-02T11:33:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-11-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The oceans are the dominant feature of the planet and are
fundamentally linked to human history and to human
health. Concerns about the impact of the oceans on
human health can be traced to ancient times. Jewish law
prohibited the consumption of shellfish, probably reflecting
the fact that filter-feeding bivalves can accumulate
pathogens and toxins. [...] | en_GB |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The support of the National Science Foundation (US) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US) is gratefully acknowledged: Grant numbers NSF OCE04-32479 and NIEHS P50 ES012740 (EAL), NSF OCE-0432368 and NIEHS P50 ES12736 (LEB), and NIEHS P50 ES012742 and NSF OCE-043072 (JJS). | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 7 Suppl 2, article S1 | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1476-069X-7-S2-S1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/30783 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
| dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_GB |
| dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19025672 | en_GB |
| dc.rights | © Laws et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2008. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Animals | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Environmental Health | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Humans | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Oceans and Seas | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Seawater | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Water Microbiology | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Water Pollution | en_GB |
| dc.title | Centers for Oceans and Human Health: contributions to an emerging discipline. Introduction | en_GB |
| dc.type | Article | en_GB |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-02T11:33:13Z | |
| exeter.place-of-publication | England | en_GB |
| dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from BioMed Central via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.journal | Environmental Health | en_GB |
