Aflatoxin contamination in food and body fluids in relation to malnutrition and cancer status in Cameroon

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 178-188

  Tchana, Angele N ^a   Moundipa, Paul F ^a   Tchouanguep, Félicité M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Cameroon; Cancer; Egg; Hepatitis B virus; Malnutrition; Milk

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FLUID; BREAST MILK; CAMEROON; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; URINE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 75449084317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7010178     Document Type: Article

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