A large outbreak of thiamine deficiency among illegal gold miners in French guiana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1248-1252

  Mosnier, Emilie ^a,b   Niemetzky, Florence ^a   Stroot, Juliette ^a   De Santi, Vincent Pommier ^c   Brousse, Paul ^a   Guarmit, Basma ^a   Blanchet, Denis ^a   Ville, Muriel ^a   Abboud, Philippe ^a   Djossou, Felix ^a   Nacher, Mathieu ^b,d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c Direction Inter armées du Service de Santé en Guyane   (French Guiana)

^d Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRANSKETOLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERIBERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FRENCH GUIANA; GIARDIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MINER; PARESTHESIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SUPPLEMENTATION; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; COMPLICATION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIET THERAPY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BERIBERI; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; GOLD; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MINERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIAMINE;

EID: 85019116371     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0906     Document Type: Article

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