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Understanding the Social Context of the ASGM Sector in Ghana: A Qualitative Description of the Demographic, Health, and Nutritional Characteristics of a Small-Scale Gold Mining Community in Ghana

This descriptive paper describes factors related to demographics and health in an artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) community in Ghana’s Upper East Region. Participants (n = 114) were surveyed in 2010 and 2011, adapting questions from the established national Demographic Health Survey (DH...

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Autores principales:	Long, Rachel N., Renne, Elisha P., Basu, Niladri
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2015
Materias:	Commentary
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4626993/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26473901 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121012679

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