Persistent konzo and cyanogen toxicity from cassava in northern Mozambique

Acta Tropica - Tập 82 - Trang 357-362 - 2002
Mario Ernesto1, A.Paula Cardoso2, Domingos Nicala1, Estevão Mirione1, Fernando Massaza1, Julie Cliff3, M.Rezaul Haque4, J.Howard Bradbury4
1Direcção Provincial da Saúde, CP 14, Nampula, Mozambique
2Ministério da Saúde, Laboratório Nacional de Higiene de Alimentos e Águas, CP 264, Maputo, Mozambique
3Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, CP 257, Maputo, Mozambique
4Division of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

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Acta Tropica

Tập 82

357-362

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