Estimating the health burden of aflatoxin attributable stunting among children in low income countries of Africa

Abstract Numerous population-based studies have documented high prevalence of aflatoxin associated childhood stunting in low income countries. We provide an estimate of the disease burden of aflatoxin related stunting using data from the four African countries. For this empirical analysis, we obtain...

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Main Authors: Hifza Rasheed, Ya Xu, Martin E. Kimanya, Xiaoxi Pan, Zhihua Li, Xiaobo Zou, Candida P. Shirima, Melvin Holmes, Michael N. Routledge, Yun Yun Gong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80356-4