Aflatoxin load of common food in savanna and forest regions of Nigeria
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 72 (4) , 329-332
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(78)90119-0
Abstract
Aflatoxin, one of the most widespread of the known carcinogens, is present at a high level in most common foods stored poorly for long periods in Nigeria. It may work synergistically with other carcinogens to produce the high incidence of primary liver cancer seen in young men under the age of 40.Keywords
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