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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Main Authors: | Deborah S K Thomas (Author), Moses Asori (Author), Elias C Nyanza (Author) |
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2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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