Environmental remediation to address childhood lead poisoning epidemic due to artisanal gold mining in Zamfara, Nigeria

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1471-1478

  Tirima, Simba ^a,b   Bartrem, Casey ^a,b   Von Lindern, Ian ^a   Von Braun, Margrit ^b   Lind, Douglas ^b   Anka, Shehu Mohammed ^c   Abdullahi, Aishat ^c  

^a TerraGraphics International Foundation (TIFO)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Zamfara Environmental Sanitation Agency (ZESA)   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LEAD; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; GOLD; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCREENING; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; CHELATION THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INFANT; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; UTILIZATION;

CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GOLD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD POISONING; MINING; NIGERIA;

EID: 84985029391     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510145     Document Type: Article

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