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Blood Lead Levels among Blood Donors and High-Risk Occupational Groups in a Mining Area in Ghana: Implications for Blood Transfusion among Vulnerable Populations
Lead poisoning has been a major global health problem for decades, and blood transfusion has been suspected as a neglected potential source of lead exposure. Children and pregnant women are most vulnerable to the toxic effects of lead and over 40 percent of blood transfused in Ghana is given to chil...
Autores principales: | Agyemang, Veronica, Acquaye, Joseph K., Harrison, Samuel B. E., Oppong, Felix B., Gyaase, Stephany, Asante, Kwaku P., Olayemi, Edeghonghon |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7368927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32695185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6718985 |
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