title: Harmful algal bloom-associated marine toxins: a risk assessment framework.
abstract: Marine toxins produced by harmful algal blooms (HABs) present a health risk to humans, but the extent of that risk remains unquantified. Increases in bloom frequency and geographic distribution present a potential for increased human exposure to these toxins, raising concerns among HAB researchers regarding an emerging public health problem. A risk assessment framework is presented with 2 objectives: (1) to provide a road map for integration and coordination of health-related research efforts and (2) to provide an overview of this complex problem to possible collaborators.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, Indian Head, MD. krahl@1990.usna.com
authors.forename: Pamela L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Krahl
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D004141:Dinoflagellida; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005068:Eutrophication; D006801:Humans; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D008387:Marine Toxins; D014873:Water Pollutants