Outbreak of beriberi in the state of Maranhão, Brazil: Revisiting the mycotoxin aetiologic hypothesis

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-97

  Lima, Helena Cristina Alves Vieira ^a   Porto, Eucilene Alves Santana ^a   Marins, José Ricardo Pio ^a   Alves, Rejane Maria ^b   Machado, Rosângela Rosa ^c   Braga, Karla Neves Laranjeira ^c   de Paiva, Francisca Bernardes ^d   Carmo, Greice Madeleine Ikeda ^b   Faria Silva e Santelli, Ana Carolina ^a   Sobel, Jeremy ^a,e  

^a MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^b Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Branch   (United States)

^c Laboratory Coordination Branch   (United States)

^d Secretariat of Health Minas Gerais State   (Brazil)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BERIBERI; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; RICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BERIBERI; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOTOXINS; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THIAMINE; YOUNG ADULT;

FUNGI;

EID: 77949871443     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2009.090439     Document Type: Article

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