Assessment of blood levels of heavy metals including lead and manganese in healthy children living in the Katanga settlement of Kampala, Uganda

• Main Authors: Sarah E. Cusick (Author), Ericka G. Jaramillo (Author), Emily C. Moody (Author), Andrew S. Ssemata (Author), Doreen Bitwayi (Author), Troy C. Lund (Author), Ezekiel Mupere (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Exposure to environmental heavy metals is common among African children. Although many of these metals are known neurotoxicants, to date, monitoring of this exposure is limited, even in countries such as Uganda that are undergoing rapid industrialization. An assessment of the bur...