Potential health risk assessment of toxic metals contamination in clay eaten as pica (geophagia) among pregnant women of Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana

Potential health risk assessment of toxic metals contamination in clay eaten as pica (geophagia) among pregnant women of Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana

Abstract Introduction Geophagia although pleasurable and somewhat a necessity among pregnant women, also comes along with its own attendant problems such as exposure to potentially hazardous substances like bacteria, fungi, helminthes and ova, radioactive materials, and toxic elemental minerals in t...

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Main Authors: Nii Korley Kortei, Alice Koryo-Dabrah, Papa Toah Akonor, Nana Yaw Barimah Manaphraim, Matilda Ayim-Akonor, Nathaniel Owusu Boadi, Edward Ken Essuman, Clement Tettey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Subjects:
Pica
Geophagy
Clay
Volta region
Pregnant women
Risk assessment
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-020-02857-4

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