Grass Pea and Neurolathyrism: Farmers' perception on its consumption and protective measure in North Shewa, Ethiopia

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 668-672

  Girma, Anteneh ^a   Tefera, Beneberu ^a   Dadi, Legesse ^b  

^a Debreberhan Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b Catholic Relief Services   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Farmers' perception; Grass pea; Processing methods

Indexed keywords

3 OXALYLAMINOALANINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY CROP; ETHIOPIA; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD WASHING; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LATHYRISM; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS SATIVUS; LEGUME; LENTIL; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT YIELD; POVERTY; PROTEIN CONTENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES CULTIVATION; VICIA FABA;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY PROTEINS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LATHYRISM; LATHYRUS; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

LATHYRUS SATIVUS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 79551585848     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.08.040     Document Type: Article

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