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

Author:

Tirima Simba12,Bartrem Casey12,von Lindern Ian1,von Braun Margrit12,Lind Douglas2,Anka Shehu Mohammed3,Abdullahi Aishat3

Affiliation:

1. TerraGraphics International Foundation (TIFO), Moscow, Idaho, USA

2. Environmental Science Program, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA

3. Zamfara Environmental Sanitation Agency (ZESA), Zamfara State, Nigeria

Publisher

Environmental Health Perspectives

Subject

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

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