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Modelling environmental factors correlated with podoconiosis: a geospatial study of non-filarial elephantiasis
INTRODUCTION: The precise trigger of podoconiosis — endemic non-filarial elephantiasis of the lower legs — is unknown. Epidemiological and ecological studies have linked the disease with barefoot exposure to red clay soils of volcanic origin. Histopathology investigations have demonstrated that sili...
Autores principales: | Molla, Yordanos B, Wardrop, Nicola A, Le Blond, Jennifer S, Baxter, Peter, Newport, Melanie J, Atkinson, Peter M, Davey, Gail |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4082615/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24946801 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-13-24 |
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