Pattern and associated factors of the neurolathyrism epidemic in Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 118-124

  Lambein, Fernand ^a   Vanhoorne, Michel ^a   Van der Stuyft, Patrick ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Ethiopia; Neurolathyrism

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GRASS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LATHYRISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARALYSIS; PEA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATHYRISM; LATHYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

ETHIOPIA;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0036167345     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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