Of sick turkeys, kwashiorkor, malaria, perinatal mortality, heroin addicts and food poisoning: Research on the influence of aflatoxins on child health in the tropics

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-235

  Hendrickse, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; DIAMORPHINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIBING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; BIRD DISEASE; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOOD POISONING; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MOUSE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; TROPICAL MEDICINE; TURKEY (BIRD); UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032885630     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724939992293     Document Type: Review

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