Prenatal arsenic and mercury levels among women practicing geophagy in areas with artisanal and small-scale gold mining activities, Northwestern Tanzania
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...
| 發表在: | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| 格式: | Article |
| 語言: | 英语 |
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2023-12-01
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| 在線閱讀: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-06174-4 |