ReviewToxics2018
Heavy Metal Mixture Exposure and Effects in Developing Nations: An Update.
Review in Toxics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
87 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 312 citations in OpenAlex.
- Engaging One Health in Heavy Metal Pollution in Some Selected Nigerian Niger Delta Cities. A Systematic Review of Pervasiveness, Bioaccumulation and Subduing Environmental Health Challenges.Biological trace element research · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of the risk management frameworks for potentially toxic chemical elements.Toxicology and industrial health · 2023Pooled it
- Heavy metals and neurodevelopment of children in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- 17α-Hydroxyprogesterone Mediates Mo-Induced Sperm-Mediated Transgenerational Inheritance of Impaired Spermatogenesis.Environmental health perspectives · 2026Article
- Potentially Toxic Elements and Male Reproductive Toxicity: Mechanisms, Implications, and Protective Strategies: A Narrative Review.Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology · 2026Review
- Epigenetic modulation of prostate cancer disparities in men with African ancestry.Nature reviews. Urology · 2026Review
- Impacts of iodine factory effluents on the water quality and ecosystem health of Incheh Lagoon in Iran.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Perinatal exposure to metal mixtures disrupts neuronal function and behavior.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Blood Mercury, Lead, and Cadmium in Association With Fetal Ultrasound Measures During Pregnancy in General Population of Indonesian Expectant Mothers.Environmental health insights · 2026Article
- Chronic heavy metal exposure in Yunnan Province disrupts intestinal defenses and increases susceptibility to pathogens: an integrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Comparative analysis of blood trace elements in Egyptian hemodialysis patients and their relatives in the same geographical area, is dialysis still guilty?BMC nephrology · 2025Article
- A mixed-method scoping review examining parental perspectives on heavy metal exposure in children.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Carcinogenicity of some metals evaluated by the IARC Monographs: A synopsis of the evaluations of arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, and antimony.Toxicology and applied pharmacology · 2025Review
- Microbial phytoremediation of contaminated soils irrigated with industrial effluents: a soil health perspective.Biodegradation · 2025Review
- Perinatal Exposure to Metal Mixtures Disrupts Neuronal Function and Behavior.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Exposure to toxic chemical elements (Pb, Cd, and Hg) and its association with sustained high blood pressure among secondary school attending adolescents in Northwestern Tanzania.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Plasmonic chemosensing of W(vi), Pd(ii), Cr(iii), and Cs(i) in deep eutectic solvent using silver nanoparticles: green solvent toward optical point-of-use quality testing.RSC advances · 2025Article
- Association between heavy metal exposure and pregnancy loss: evidence from NHANES 2011-2016.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2025Article
- Greywater Reuse: Contaminant Profile, Health Implications, and Sustainable Solutions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- 10-Hydroxy Decanoic Acid and Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Retrieve Nrf2/HO-1 and Caspase-3/Bax/Bcl-2 Signaling in Lead-Induced Testicular Toxicity.Biological trace element research · 2025Article
27 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The drive for development and modernization has come at great cost. Various human activities in developed and developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have given rise to environmental safety concerns. Increased artisanal mining activities, illegal refining, use of leaded petrol, airborne dust, arbitrary discarding and burning of toxic waste, absorption of production industries in inhabited areas, inadequate environmental legislation, and weak implementation of policies, have given rise to the incomparable contamination and pollution associated with heavy metals in recent decades. This review evaluates the public health effects of heavy metals and their mixtures in SSA. This shows the extent and size of the problem posed by exposure to heavy metal mixtures in regard to public health.
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