A pilot study to evaluate aflatoxin exposure in a rural Ugandan population

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 592-599

  Asiki, Gershim ^a   Seeley, Janet ^a,b   Srey, Chou ^c   Baisley, Kathy ^d   Lightfoot, Tracy ^e   Archileo, Kaaya ^f   Agol, Dorice ^b   Abaasa, Andrew ^a   Wakeham, Katie ^a,e,i   Routledge, Michael N ^g   Wild, Christopher P ^h   Newton, Robert ^a,e,h   Gong, Yun Yun ^c  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; General population cohort; Rural; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALBUMIN; AFLATOXIN-ALBUMIN ADDUCT; ALBUMINOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOASSAY; CARCINOGEN; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; HEPATITIS; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; METABOLITE; PROTEIN; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAN; BREAST FEEDING; CASSAVA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAIZE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEANUT; PILOT STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOYBEAN; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

UGANDA;

ZEA MAYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFLATOXINS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898027954     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12283     Document Type: Article

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