Aflatoxins and kwashiorkor: A commentary on the association-causation conundrum

Affiliations

¹ Department of Food Technology, Food Safety and Health, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
² Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, DK-1958, Frederiksberg, Denmark; Center for Child Health Research, Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.
³ Nutrition, Metabolism and Genomics Group, Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: bryan.gonzales@wur.nl.

Comment

Mohamed F Abdallah et al. Toxicon. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 30:190:20-21.

doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.12.001. Epub 2020 Dec 8.

¹ Department of Food Technology, Food Safety and Health, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
² Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, DK-1958, Frederiksberg, Denmark; Center for Child Health Research, Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.
³ Nutrition, Metabolism and Genomics Group, Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: bryan.gonzales@wur.nl.

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Keywords: Aflatoxins; Association; Causality; Kwashiorkor; Oedematous malnutrition; Severe acute malnutrition.

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