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Declining blood lead levels among small-scale miners participating in a safer mining pilot programme in Nigeria

Gottesfeld P, Meltzer G, Costello S, Greig J, Thurtle N,  et al.
2019-09-05 • Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2019-09-05 • Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Objectives Our objective was to monitor blood lead levels (BLLs) of miners and ore processors participating in a pilot programme to reduce lead poisoning and take-home exposures from art...
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Reducing lead and silica dust exposures in small-scale mining in northern Nigeria

Gottesfeld P, Tirima S, Anka SM, Fotso A, Nota MM
2018-12-08 • Annals of Work Exposures and Health
2018-12-08 • Annals of Work Exposures and Health
PURPOSE
An ongoing health crisis across a large area of Northern Nigeria has resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of cases of lead poisoning from artisanal small-scale gold m...