Outbreak of Fatal Childhood Lead Poisoning Related to Artisanal Gold Mining in Northwestern Nigeria, 2010

Background: In May 2010, a team of national and international organizations was assembled to investigate children's deaths due to lead poisoning in villages in northwestern Nigeria. Objectives: Our goal was to determine the cause of the childhood lead poisoning outbreak, investigate risk factor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environmental health perspectives 2012-04, Vol.120 (4), p.601-607
Hauptverfasser:	Dooyema, Carrie A., Neri, Antonio, Lo, Yi-Chun, Durant, James, Dargan, Paul I., Swarthout, Todd, Biya, Oladayo, Gidado, Saheed O., Haladu, Suleiman, Sani-Gwarzo, Nasir, Nguku, Patrick M., Akpan, Henry, Idris, Sa'ad, Bashir, Abdullahi M., Brown, Mary Jean
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Biological and medical sciences Blood Blood levels Chelation Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases Child, Preschool Childhood Children Children's Health Cross-Sectional Studies Death Disease Outbreaks Environment. Living conditions Environmental agencies Environmental aspects Environmental cleanup Environmental Exposure Environmental health Environmental Pollutants - blood Female Gold Gold mines and mining Health aspects Humans Incidence Infant International organizations Lead Lead - blood Lead poisoning Lead Poisoning - blood Lead Poisoning - epidemiology Logistic Models Male Mathematical models Medical sciences Metals and various inorganic compounds Mining Mortality Multivariate Analysis Nigeria - epidemiology Outbreaks Poisoning Predisposing factors Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Risk Risk Factors Rural Population Soil chemistry Soil Pollutants - analysis Surveys and Questionnaires Therapy Toxicology Villages
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