Climate Regimes, El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Konzo Epidemics
Epidemics of konzo have occurred during severe droughts in parts of east, central, and southern Africa since the 1920s. Occurrence is attributed to exposure to cyanide from poorly processed cassava foods, the sole source of calories when other food crops fail. El Nino, the warm phase of the El Nino-...
Main Author: | Olusegun Steven Ayodele Oluwole |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-06-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Environmental Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenvs.2015.00040/full |
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