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Author(s) -
HOGETVEIT J.
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
the muslim world
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1478-1913
pISSN - 0027-4909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-1913.1938.tb02448.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , current (fluid) , library science , information retrieval , world wide web , engineering , electrical engineering
In nearly all cases the disease is caused by rice that has been parboiled, highly polished and stored in hot and damp places for months after milling. (2) In many outbreaks of the disease it has been possible to trace the source of infection to the same rice store, although the people affected have been widely separated. In early cases, if rice is eliminated from the diet the disease ceases to progress, but in advanced cases in which considerable damage has been done to the tissues the disease often fails to respond quickly and frequently progresses for a considerable