Neurodevelopment of Infants in a Mercury Contaminated Crea in Zimbabwe
In Kadoma in Zimbabwe small-scale gold mining is widespread. Mothers and their infants are exposed in the mining communities to the toxic inorganic mercury vapors from processing the ore using elemental mercury. Methyl-mercury is a well known neurotoxin and endangers the regular development of child...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2013-04-01
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| Series: | E3S Web of Conferences |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20130140001 |