Eating dirt.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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4. Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infections and Geophagia among Pregnant Women in Jimma Town Health Institutions, Southwest Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2021
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10. A Comparative Analyses of Granulometry, Mineral Composition and Major and Trace Element Concentrations in Soils Commonly Ingested by Humans.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015
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11. Evaluation of geochemical characteristics and health effects of some geophagic clays southern Nigeria.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2014
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12. Examining pica in NYC pregnant women with elevated blood lead levels.Maternal and child health journal · 2013
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13. Effect of calabash chalk on the histomorphology of the gastro-oesophageal tract of growing wistar rats.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2012
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14. Nutritive potential of some 'edible' soils in Blantyre city, Malawi.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2011
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15. Plasma and urinary aluminum concentrations in severely anemic geophagous pregnant women in the Bas Maroni region of French Guiana: a case-control study.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2010
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18. Role of helminths in regulating mucosal inflammation.Springer seminars in immunopathology · 2005
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19. First self.Emerging infectious diseases · 2005
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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