Linking Geological and Health Sciences to Assess Childhood Lead Poisoning from Artisanal Gold Mining in Nigeria
- 1 June 2013
- journal article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 121 (6), 744-750
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206051
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