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Abstract
An outbreak of acute polyneuropathy affected over 20 young females in Sri Lanka during 1977-78. The illness was restricted to girls attaining menarche and to women after childbirth. The cause of the neuropathy could be traced to tri-cresyl phosphate found as a contaminant in gingili oil. Contamination probably occurred during transport of the oil in containers previously used for storing mineral oils.Entities:
Keywords: Adolescents; Adolescents, Female; Age Factors; Asia; Biology; Central Nervous System; Central Nervous System Effects--etiology; Delivery; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Epidemiologic Methods; Health; Health Services; Medicine; Menarche; Menstruation; Physiology; Plants, Medicinal--side effects; Population; Population Characteristics; Postpartum Women; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcomes; Puerperium; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Southern Asia; Sri Lanka; Youth
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Year: 1981 PMID： 6109132 DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(81)90016-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN： 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321