Environmental Remediation to Address Childhood Lead Poisoning Epidemic due to Artisanal Gold Mining in Zamfara, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: From 2010 through 2013, integrated health and environmental responses addressed an unprecedented epidemic lead poisoning in Zamfara State, northern Nigeria. Artisanal gold mining caused widespread contamination resulting in the deaths of > 400 children. Socioeconomic, logistic, and se...

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Published in:Environ Health Perspect
Main Authors: Tirima, Simba, Bartrem, Casey, von Lindern, Ian, von Braun, Margrit, Lind, Douglas, Anka, Shehu Mohammed, Abdullahi, Aishat
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2016
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Children's Health
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5010416/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26745642
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1510145
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