Dietary cyanide from insufficiently processed cassava and growth retardation in children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-40

  Banea Mayambu, Jean Pierre ^a   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^c   Tylleskär, Karin ^d   Gebre Medhin, Mehari ^d   Rosling, Hans ^b  

^a Ctr Natl Planification Nutr Hum   (Congo)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; GLUCOSIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; THIOCYANATE;

CASSAVA; CYANIDE; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASSAVA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANIDE POISONING; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DETOXIFICATION; DIET; FOOD PROCESSING; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYANIDES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIET; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANIHOT; PLANT ROOTS; SULFATES; THIOCYANATES;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 0034105694     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724930092048     Document Type: Article

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