Case-Control Study of an Acute Aflatoxicosis Outbreak, Kenya, 2004

Objectives: During January-June 2004, an aflatoxicosis outbreak in eastern Kenya resulted in 317 cases and 125 deaths. We conducted a case-control study to identify risk factors for contamination of implicated maize and, for the first time, quantitated biomarkers associated with acute aflatoxicosis....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environmental health perspectives 2005-12, Vol.113 (12), p.1779-1783
Hauptverfasser:	Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo, Lindblade, Kimberly, Gieseker, Karen, Rogers, Helen Schurz, Kieszak, Stephanie, Njapau, Henry, Schleicher, Rosemary, McCoy, Leslie F., Misore, Ambrose, DeCock, Kevin, Rubin, Carol, Slutsker, Laurence, The Aflatoxin Investigative Group
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adducts Adolescent Adult Aflatoxins Aflatoxins - analysis Aflatoxins - poisoning Aged Agriculture Albumins Case control studies Child Child, Preschool Corn Disease Outbreaks DNA Adducts - blood Environmental health Environmental Medicine Epidemiology Female Food Contamination - analysis Food Handling - statistics & numerical data Foodborne Diseases - epidemiology Hepatitis antigens Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - blood Humans Infant Kenya - epidemiology Male Middle Aged Predisposing factors Regression Analysis Risk Assessment Surveys and Questionnaires Survival Analysis Zea mays Zea mays - chemistry
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