Potential health risk assessment of toxic metals contamination in clay eaten as pica (geophagia) among pregnant women of Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana

INTRODUCTION: Geophagia although pleasurable and somewhat a necessity among pregnant women, also comes along with its own attendant problems such as exposure to potentially hazardous substances like bacteria, fungi, helminthes and ova, radioactive materials, and toxic elemental minerals in the soil...

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Autores principales: Kortei, Nii Korley, Koryo-Dabrah, Alice, Akonor, Papa Toah, Manaphraim, Nana Yaw Barimah, Ayim-Akonor, Matilda, Boadi, Nathaniel Owusu, Essuman, Edward Ken, Tettey, Clement
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32169034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-02857-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32169034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-02857-4

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