High cassava consumption without cyanide exposure in Kinshasa, in former Zaire

Ecology of Food Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-377

  Banea Mayambu, Jean Pierre ^a   Nkiabungu, Bikangi ^a   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^b   Rosling, Hans ^c  

^a Centre National de Planification de Nutrition Humaine   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cassava; Congo; Cyanide; Cyanogen; Konzo; Linamarin; Thiocyanate; Zaire

Indexed keywords

CASSAVA; CYANIDE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KINSHASA;

EID: 0032323666     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1998.9991554     Document Type: Article

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