Konzo and dietary pattern in cassava-consuming populations of Popokabaka, Democratic Republic of Congo

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 613-619

  Diasolua Ngudi, D ^a,b   Banea Mayambu, J P ^a   Lambein, F ^b   Kolsteren, P ^c  

^a Kinshasa   (Congo)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cassava (Manihot esculenta); Dietary pattern; Konzo; Sulphur amino acids

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KONZO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; CYANIDES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIHOT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PLANT LEAVES; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; GNETUM AFRICANUM; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 79551611318     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.06.053     Document Type: Article

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