Heavy metal content and potential health risk of geophagic white clay from the Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana

Geophagia is the craving for non-food substances and commonly practiced among pregnant women and children. Consumption of geophagic clay samples can have serious implications on the health of the consumers as a result of the presence of toxic metals such as Pb, As, Hg and Cd. This study sought to de...

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Autores principales: Nkansah, Marian Asantewah, Korankye, Mavis, Darko, Godfred, Dodd, Matt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5616015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28959588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2016.08.005

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5616015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28959588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2016.08.005

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