Childhood Lead Poisoning Associated with Gold Ore Processing: a Village-Level Investigation—Zamfara State, Nigeria, October

Childhood Lead Poisoning Associated with Gold Ore Processing: a Village-Level Investigation—Zamfara State, Nigeria, October–November 2010

Published:2012-10 Issue:10 Volume:120 Page:1450-1455
ISSN:0091-6765
Container-title:Environmental Health Perspectives
language:en
Short-container-title:Environmental Health Perspectives

Author:

Lo Yi-Chun¹,Dooyema Carrie A.¹,Neri Antonio²,Durant James³,Jefferies Taran²,Medina-Marino Andrew¹,de Ravello Lori⁴,Thoroughman Douglas⁵,Davis Lora⁶,Dankoli Raymond S.⁷,Samson Matthias Y.⁷,Ibrahim Luka M.⁷,Okechukwu Ossai⁷,Umar-Tsafe Nasir T.⁸⁹,Dama Alhassan H.⁹,Brown Mary Jean²

Affiliation:

1. Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2. Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

3. Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

4. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

5. Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

6. One Health Office, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

7. Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria

8. Blood Lead and Inorganic Metals Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria

9. Zamfara State Rapid Response Team on Lead Poisoning Outbreak, Ministry of Health, Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria

Publisher

Environmental Health Perspectives

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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4. CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). 2002. Managing Elevated Blood Lead Levels among Young Children: Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention. Available: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/casemanagement/casemanage_main.htm [accessed 26 June 2012].

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