Effectiveness of Wetting Method for Control of Konzo and Reduction of Cyanide Poisoning by Removal of Cyanogens from Cassava Flour

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Food and Nutrition Bulletin

• Publication date

  2014-03-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1177/156482651403500104PMID 24791576
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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