Postweaning exposure to aflatoxin results in impaired child growth: a longitudinal study in Benin, West Africa
Aflatoxins are dietary contaminants that are hepatocarcinogenic and immunotoxic and cause growth retardation in animals, but there is little evidence concerning the latter two parameters in exposed human populations. Aflatoxin exposure of West African children is known to be high, so we conducted a...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Environmental Health Perspectives
2004
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/95967 |
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