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Evaluation of calabash chalk effect on femur bone morphometry and mineralization in young wistar rats: A pilot study
BACKGROUND: Calabash chalk, a popularly consumed geophagic material in Nigeria has been reported to contain lead, arsenic, alpha lindane, endrin, and endosulfan 11 among other pollutants. AIM: The continuous exposure of young children to this chalk necessitated this study on the bone morphometry and...
Autores principales: | Ekong, Moses B, Ekanem, Theresa B, Sunday, Abraham O, Aquaisua, Aquaisua N, Akpanabiatu, Monday I |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23776822 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.106352 |
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