Outbreak of Fatal Childhood Lead Poisoning Related to Artisanal Gold Mining in Northwestern Nigeria, 2010
Author(s) -
Carrie Dooyema,
Antonio Neri,
YiChun Lo,
James T. Durant,
Paul I. Dargan,
Todd D. Swarthout,
Oladayo Biya,
Saheed Gidado,
Suleiman Haladu,
Nasir Sani-Gwarzo,
Patrick Nguku,
Henry Akpan,
Sa’ad Idris,
Abdullahi M. Bashir,
Mary Jean Brown
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1103965
Subject(s) - lead poisoning , medicine , environmental health , incidence (geometry) , logistic regression , outbreak , pediatrics , virology , psychiatry , physics , optics
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.
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