| dc.contributor.author | Ruth Nabwire Wangia-Dixon a, b, Trang Ho Thu Quachc,d, Xiao Songd , James Ombakae , David Peter Githangaf,g, Omu Aggrey Anzalab,f,g and Jia-Sheng Wanga | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-27T07:02:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-27T07:02:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4677 | |
| dc.description | To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2020.1854192 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Aflatoxins are naturally occurring food toxins known to contaminate cereals
with a carry-over effect in milk and meat products from farm animals raised
on contaminated feed. In children, continuous consumption of aflatoxincontaminated food is linked to immune suppression, vaccine interference
and growth faltering while in adult populations, carcinogenesis in the liver
has been established. We evaluate the main determinants of aflatoxin exposures among children recruited from primary schools in Makueni and Siaya
Counties. A five-part questionnaire was administered to collect information
from randomly selected participants. AflatoxinB1-lysine adducts in children’s
sera and total aflatoxins in food samples were analyzed by High-Performance
Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence detection. Using Chi-squared tests
and Kruskal–Wallis tests, children from low-income households had the highest aflatoxin exposure, p-value = 0.0029. Smaller family size, greater food
diversity, and good farming practices were associated with low aflatoxin
exposures p < 0.001. Individual households living under severe levels of
poverty were evidently exposed to higher levels of aflatoxin | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Aflatoxins, children, determinants, socio-economic factors | en_US |
| dc.title | Determinants of aflatoxin exposures in Kenyan School-aged children | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
