Prenatal arsenic and mercury levels among women practicing geophagy in areas with artisanal and small-scale gold mining activities, Northwestern Tanzania

• मुख्य लेखकों: Jovina Jovine (लेखक), Elias C. Nyanza (लेखक), Moses Asori (लेखक), Deborah SK. Thomas (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Abstract Background Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) areas potentially pose increased exposure to arsenic and mercury through community contamination, occupations at gold mines, and/or geophagy when soil is locally sourced. This study examined the effects of geophagy, a deliberate soil e...