High prevalence of kaolin consumption in migrant women living in a major urban area of France: A cross-sectional investigation.

High prevalence of kaolin consumption in migrant women living in a major urban area of France: A cross-sectional investigation.

Geophagia is a feeding behavior involving the regular intake of soil, including clay-like kaolin. Frequent in Africa, kaolin consumption is associated with heavy metal intoxication, iron and other micronutrient deficiencies, geohelminth infection and inactivation of concomitantly taken drugs. It is...

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Main Authors: Pascal Caillet, Maud Poirier, Marie Grall-Bronnec, Edouard Marchal, Alain Pineau, Catherine Pintas, Véronique Carton, Pascale Jolliet, Norbert Winer, Caroline Victorri-Vigneau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220557

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