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Molekylärantropologisk forskning om konzo ad modum Hans Rosling
Engelsk titel: Molecular anthropological research on konzo mod modum Hans Rosling Läs online Författare: Tylleskär, Thorkild Språk: Swe Antal referenser: 11 Dokumenttyp: Artikel UI-nummer: 18020121

Tidskrift

Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift 2017;94(6)707-20 ISSN 0037-833x KIBs bestånd av denna tidskrift

Sammanfattning

Hans Rosling had a bright research career in the 1980s and 1990s before his career as edutainer. During his time a district medical officer in Nacala in northern Mozambique, he was confronted with outbreak of unknown type of spastic paraparesis, nowadays called konzo. This was the starting point for a series of field studies in several African countries. His research was characterized by an extreme interdisciplinary approach, which he called molecular anthropology where he involved disciplines from anthropology via medicine and chemistry to agricultural research. In the field of konzo and cassava, he supervised a dozen PhD-candidates in clinical medicine, clinical chemistry, nutrition and agronomy. He organised an important international interdisciplinary symposium on cassava, cassava cultivation and cassava toxicity in Nigeria in 1994.