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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Association between aflatoxin exposure and health characteristics, liver function, hepatitis and malaria infections in Ghanaians

Pauline E. Jolly Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Yi Jiang Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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William O. Ellis Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana
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Richard T. Awuah Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana
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Jennifer Appawu Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Obinna Nnedu Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Jonathan K. Stiles Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Jia‐Sheng Wang Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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Ohene Adjei School of Medical Sciences and Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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Curtis M. Jolly Department of Agricultural Economics, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
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Jonathan H. Williams College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, USA
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Pages 242-257 | Published online: 13 Jul 2009

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