Food-aid cereals to reduce neurolathyrism related to grass-pea preparations during famine

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9398, 2003, Pages 1808-1810

  Getahun, Haileyesus ^a,b,d   Lambein, Fernand ^b,c,e   Vanhoorne, Michel ^b   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^b,d  

^a South Gonder Health Department   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAD; CEREAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFANT; LATHYRISM; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS SATIVUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0344688187     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14902-1     Document Type: Article

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