Exposure of children to heavy metals from artisanal gold mining in Nigeria: evidences from bio-monitoring of hairs and nails

In recent times, there had been reported cases of Pb poisoning in Anka gold mining area, Northwest Nigeria. Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the extent of bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the hairs and nails of children in the area. Forty samples (twenty nails and twenty hairs) s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta geochimica 2020-08, Vol.39 (4), p.451-470
Hauptverfasser:	Adewumi, Adeniyi JohnPaul, Laniyan, Temitope Ayodeji, Xiao, Tangfu, Liu, Yizhang, Ning, Zengping
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acidic soils Air temperature Anthropogenic factors Bioaccumulation Biomonitoring Children Deionization Detergents Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences Geochemistry Geological samples Gold Gold mines & mining Groundwater Heavy metals High performance liquid chromatography HPLC Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry Liquid chromatography Mass spectrometry Mass spectroscopy Metal concentrations Metals Mine tailings Mine wastes Mining Multivariate analysis Nails (Anatomy) Nitric acid Nitric acids Original Article Perchloric acid Room temperature Soil Soil contamination Soil temperature Soils Statistical analysis Statistical methods Water analysis Water sampling
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