1.
Indian J Public Health
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1999 Apr-Jun; 43(2): 87-8
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-109983
ABSTRACT
About 17 cases with clinical syndrome suggestive of epidemic dropsy attended to the B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, for treatment. These cases were from three villages of Saptari district in eastern Nepal. Some of the mustard oil samples were tested positive with Nitric acid test. In the wake of this, an extensive field investigation was conducted covering a wider area in these villages.
Subject(s)
Adolescent , Adult , Disease Outbreaks , Edema/chemically induced , Female , Food Contamination , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Mustard Plant , Nepal/epidemiology , Plant Extracts/chemistry , Plant Oils/adverse effects , Rural Population
2.
Indian J Exp Biol
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1967 Jul; 5(3): 151-5
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-59286