Unknown risk: Co-exposure to lead and other heavy metals among children living in small-scale mining communities in Zamfara State, Nigeria

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 304-319

  Bartrem, Casey ^a   Tirima, Simba ^a   Von Lindern, Ian ^b   Von Braun, Margrit ^a   Worrell, Mary Claire ^b   Mohammad Anka, Shehu ^c   Abdullahi, Aishat ^c   Moller, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c Department of Pollution Control Zamfara Environmental Sanitation Agency Zamfara State Ministry of Environment and Solid Minerals   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Exposure; Heavy metals; Lead poisoning; Nigeria; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MINING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POISONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MINING; NIGERIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

NIGERIA; ZAMFARA;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAVY METAL POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; NIGERIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84900010759     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2013.835028     Document Type: Article

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