Konzo outbreak, in the South-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1996

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 234-238

  Bonmarin, I ^a   Nunga, M ^b   Perea, W A ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b Centre National de Planification de Nutrition Humaine   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANIDE POISONING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANIHOT; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036045622     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.4.234     Document Type: Article

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