Impaired growth in rural Gambian infants exposed to aflatoxin

A prospective cohort study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15375498
AutoresSinead Watson (0000-0001-8204-6472, Queen's University Belfast, autor de correspondencia), Sophie E Moore (0000-0003-1650-3238, King's College London), Momodou K Darboe (0000-0001-9547-7183, MRC Unit the Gambia), Gaoyun Chen (Queen's University Belfast), Yu-Kang Tu, Yu‐Kang Tu (0000-0002-2461-474X, National Taiwan University), Yi-Ting Huang (0000-0003-2517-3066, National Taiwan University), Kamilla G Eriksen (0000-0001-8909-061X, University of Copenhagen), Robin M Bernstein (0000-0001-8805-7527, University of Colorado Boulder), Andrew M Prentice (0000-0001-5389-451X, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Christopher P Wild (0000-0003-0249-8669, Centre international de recherche sur le cancer), Ya Xu (0000-0001-9360-8848, University of Leeds), Michael N Routledge (0000-0001-9139-2182, University of Leeds), Yun Yun Gong (0000-0003-4927-5526, University of Leeds)
Año2018
Volumen18
Número1
Páginas1247-1247
Fecha de publicación2018-11-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
EditorialBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-018-6164-4
PMID30413157
OpenAlexW2899633253
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas28

This study found a small but significant effect of aflatoxin exposure on the growth of Gambian infants. This relationship is not apparently explained by aflatoxin induced changes in the IGF-axis

Aflatoxin · Biostatistics · Cohort · Cohort study · Environmental health · Pathology · Prospective cohort study · Public health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Medicine · Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology · Biotechnology · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics