Preventive control of konzo in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4234-4235

  Banea, J P ^a   Nahimana, G ^a   Kuwa, N ^a   Howard Bradbury, J ^b   Denton, Ian C ^b   Mandombi, C ^c  

^a Programme National de Nutrition (PRONANUT)   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Hopital General de Reference   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; RAIN; THIOCYANATE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CASSAVA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DROUGHT; FLOUR; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; KONZO; LETTER; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPASTIC PARESIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 84867233144     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.06.041     Document Type: Letter

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