Outbreak of Fatal Childhood Lead Poisoning Related to Artisanal Gold Mining in Northwestern Nigeria, 2010

Background: In May 2010, a team of national and international organizations was assembled to investigate children’s deaths due to lead poisoning in villages in northwestern Nigeria. Objectives: Our goal was to determine the cause of the childhood lead poisoning outbreak, investigate risk factors for...

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Autores principales: Dooyema, Carrie A., Neri, Antonio, Lo, Yi-Chun, Durant, James, Dargan, Paul I., Swarthout, Todd, Biya, Oladayo, Gidado, Saheed O., Haladu, Suleiman, Sani-Gwarzo, Nasir, Nguku, Patrick M., Akpan, Henry, Idris, Sa’ad, Bashir, Abdullahi M., Brown, Mary Jean
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22186192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103965

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22186192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1103965

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