Knowledge of aflatoxin contamination in groundnut and the risk of its ingestion among health workers in Ibadan,Nigeria

作     者：Ilesanmi FF Ilesanmi OS 

作者机构：Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute Department of Community Medicine University College Hospital 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第1卷第6期

页      面：493-495页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100403[医学-营养与食品卫生学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Mycotoxins Groundnut Contamination Health risks Ingestion Neoplasm Aflatoxin 

摘      要：Objective:To assess the awareness and knowledge of aflatoxin contamination in groundnut and the risk of its ingestion among health workers in ***:The study was a descriptive cross-sectional *** instrument was a semi-structured self administered questionnaire. The respondents were health workers from a public health ***:A total of 417 health workers participated out of which males were 60.2%.The mean age of respondents was(28.0±4.9) years *** made up 83.0%while others were nurses.95%of the respondents had previous awareness of aflatoxin and class room lectures was the most common source of information(56%).Occupation and religion both showed a significant association with previous awareness of aflatoxin(P0.05).Knowledge regarding aflatoxin contamination in groundnut and the risk of its ingestion was obtained showing knowledge score range of 0 to *** all,80.6%had good scores of 11 to *** of the respondents had ever told their patients about the risk of aflatoxin ingestion. Conclusions:There is a need to explore the possibility of incorporating aflatoxin awareness into routine health talk to increase the level of awareness of patients and their relatives.