Incidence Rates of Tuberculosis among Children and Adolescents Living in Areas Most Affected by the Chernobyl Disaster [0.03%]
切尔诺贝利灾难影响最严重地区儿童和青少年结核病的发病率
Larissa Gorbach
Larissa Gorbach
Background: The Chernobyl accident has attracted the attention of healthcare experts all over the world due to the unprecedented scale of damage the disaster inflicted upon human health. ...
Urinary Metal Levels in a Chilean Community 31 Years After the Dumping of Mine Tailings [0.03%]
智利社区在采矿废弃物倾倒31年后尿金属水平状况研究
Sandra Cortés,Lucía Del Carmen Molina Lagos,Soledad Burgos et al.
Sandra Cortés et al.
Background: Between 1938 and 1975, the city of Chañaral, located in the north of Chile, received 200 megatons of unregulated mining waste, which created an artificial beach 10 kilometers long and covering an area larger ...
Review of Particulate Matter and Elemental Composition of Aerosols at Selected Locations in Nigeria from 1985-2015 [0.03%]
尼日利亚部分地点1985—2015年颗粒物和气溶胶元素组成研究综述
Ifeanyi F Offor,Gilbert U Adie,Godson Ree Ana
Ifeanyi F Offor
Background: Over the past 30 years, various studies in Nigeria have monitored atmospheric particulate matter loads and elemental composition of ambient air around diverse receptor sites. ...
Distribution and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Surface Water from Pristine Environments and Major Mining Areas in Ghana [0.03%]
加纳受矿业影响地区地表水重金属分布及风险评估
George Yaw Hadzi,David Kofi Essumang,Joseph Kwaku Adjei
George Yaw Hadzi
Background: Ghana, like many countries in Africa, has a history of heavy metal pollution largely emanating from industrial effluent discharges and anthropogenic deposits on prevailing winds of pollutants from industrial a...
Public Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Uptake by Vegetables Grown at a Waste-water-Irrigated Site in Dhaka, Bangladesh [0.03%]
评估废水灌溉场地蔬菜重金属积累的公共卫生风险——以孟加拉国达卡为例
Mohammad Shakhaoat Hossain,Fahad Ahmed,Abu Tareq Mohammad Abdullah et al.
Mohammad Shakhaoat Hossain et al.
Background: Wastewater is often used in developing countries for irrigation of crops. This wastewater often contains a number of heavy metals which are harmful to human health due to their non-biodegradable nature, long b...
Potential Human Health Risks of Tannery Waste-contaminated Poultry Feed [0.03%]
制革废弃物污染家禽饲料对人类健康的风险研究
Mohammad Latiful Bari,Hasina Akhter Simol,Nusrat Khandoker et al.
Mohammad Latiful Bari et al.
Background: For over a decade, solid tannery waste has been converted into protein concentrate and used as a feed ingredient because of its cheap availability. However, as chromium sulfate is commonly used in the tanning ...
Soil Contamination with Heavy Metals around Jinja Steel Rolling Mills in Jinja Municipality, Uganda [0.03%]
乌干达金贾市钢铁轧制厂周围土壤重金属污染状况调查研究
Noel Namuhani,Kimumwe Cyrus
Noel Namuhani
Background: Soil contamination with heavy metals has severely increased over the last few decades, mainly from industrial wastes and human activities. Soil pollution is a source of danger to the health of people globally....
Gender Disparity in Lung Function Abnormalities among a Population Exposed to Particulate Matter Concentration in Ambient Air in the National Capital Region, India [0.03%]
印度国家首都地区暴露于室外空气中颗粒物浓度人群中肺功能异常的性别差异
Chandrasekharan Nair Kesavachandran,Vipin Bihari,Balram Singh Pangtey et al.
Chandrasekharan Nair Kesavachandran et al.
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) global air quality study shows that 27 Indian cities, including New Delhi, are among the one hundred cities with the worst air quality globally. The scope of airway obstruct...
Thomas Murphy,Sothea Kim,Prean Chanra et al.
Thomas Murphy et al.
Background: In Cambodia, there is widespread use of skin-whitening creams containing levels of mercury that exceed Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) guidelines by up to 35,000 times. Mercury in skin-whitening...
Effect of Mercury Exposure on Renal Function and Hematological Parameters among Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Miners at Sekotong, West Lombok, Indonesia [0.03%]
印度尼西亚西洛伦戈塞科通地区手工和小型金矿工人汞暴露对肾功能和血液学参数的影响
Ardiana Ekawanti,Baiq Dewi Krisnayanti
Ardiana Ekawanti
Background: Mercury is a toxic metal with effects on human health ranging from acute to chronic in a very short time of exposure. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the main source of direct human exposure to...