Potential health risk assessment of toxic metals contamination in clay eaten as pica (geophagia) among pregnant women of Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana

• Главные авторы: Nii Korley Kortei (Автор), Alice Koryo-Dabrah (Автор), Papa Toah Akonor (Автор), Nana Yaw Barimah Manaphraim (Автор), Matilda Ayim-Akonor (Автор), Nathaniel Owusu Boadi (Автор), Edward Ken Essuman (Автор), Clement Tettey (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Introduction Geophagia although pleasurable and somewhat a necessity among pregnant women, also comes along with its own attendant problems such as exposure to potentially hazardous substances like bacteria, fungi, helminthes and ova, radioactive materials, and toxic elemental minerals in t...