The role of geophagy and artisanal gold mining as risk factors for elevated blood lead levels in pregnant women in northwestern Tanzania.

Neither artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) or geophagy practices have received substantial attention related to blood lead levels despite the well documented deleterious effects of lead. This cross-sectional analytical study aimed to document the risk of lead exposure from geophagy and min...

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Principais autores: Deborah S K Thomas, Moses Asori, Elias C Nyanza
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
coleção:PLOS Global Public Health
Acesso em linha:https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002958&type=printable