High concentration of blood lead levels among young children in Bagega community, Zamfara – Nigeria and the potential risk factor

INTRODUCTION: In May 2010, lead poisoning (LP) was confirmed among children <5years (U5) in two communities in Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria. Following reports of increased childhood deaths in Bagega, another community in Zamfara, we conducted a survey to investigate the outbreak and recommend...

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Autores principales: Ajumobi, Olufemi Olamide, Tsofo, Ahmed, Yango, Matthias, Aworh, Mabel Kamweli, Anagbogu, Ifeoma Nkiruka, Mohammed, Abdulazeez, Umar-Tsafe, Nasir, Mohammed, Suleiman, Abdullahi, Muhammad, Davis, Lora, Idris, Suleiman, Poggensee, Gabriele, Nguku, Patrick, Gitta, Sheba, Nsubuga, Peter
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4199350/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328633
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.11694/pamj.supp.2014.18.1.4264
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