Soil Assessment along Toposequences in Rural Northern Nigeria: A Geomedical Approach

Case numbers of endemic Ca-deficiency rickets (CDR) have been reported to be alarmingly rising among children of subsistence farms in developing countries within the last 30 years. Fluoride toxicities in the environment are known to not be related to the disease. To investigate if, instead, CDR is c...

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Main Authors: Lena Hartmann, Marvin Gabriel, Yuanrong Zhou, Barbara Sponholz, Heinrich Thiemeyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/628024