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Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Alaskan Butter Clams: Does Cleaning Make Them Safe to Eat?

R Wayne Litaker, Julie A Matweyou, Steven R Kibler, D Ransom Hardison, William C Holland, Patricia A Tester

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Article in Toxins, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

R Wayne LitakerCSS Inc. Under Contract to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6293-8000
Julie A MatweyouAlaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Kodiak, AK 99615, USA.
Steven R KiblerNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.
D Ransom HardisonNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9680-4924
William C HollandNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.
Patricia A TesterOceanTester, LLC, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.

Funding

North Pacific Research Board Project 1616
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Butter clams (

Indexed as

BivalviaFood ContaminationSaxitoxinShellfishShellfish PoisoningAlaskaAnimalsHumansSaxitoxinparalytic shellfish poisoning (PSP)safe consumptionSaxidomus giganteasubsistence harvestingtoxicity risk

Identifiers

PMID40559849
PMCPMC12197486

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Registered trials

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