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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Biomonitoring of Mercury in Hair among a Group of Eritreans (Africa).

Maria Luisa Astolfi, Carmela Protano, Elisabetta Marconi, Lorenzo Massimi, Daniel Piamonti, Marco Brunori, Matteo Vitali, Silvia Canepari

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Urinary Mercury Levels and Predictors of Exposure among a Group of Italian Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  2. Element Levels and Predictors of Exposure in the Hair of Ethiopian Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria Luisa AstolfiDepartment of Chemistry, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy.
Carmela ProtanoDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy.
Elisabetta MarconiDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy.
Lorenzo MassimiDepartment of Chemistry, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9599-5722
Daniel PiamontiDepartment of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrology, Anaesthesiology and Geriatric Science, Sapienza University, Viale del Policlinico 155, I-00161 Rome, Italy.
Marco BrunoriDepartment of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrology, Anaesthesiology and Geriatric Science, Sapienza University, Viale del Policlinico 155, I-00161 Rome, Italy.
Matteo VitaliDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1001-6343
Silvia CanepariDepartment of Chemistry, Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4360-0140
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small-scale or artisanal mining, using gold-mercury amalgamation to extract gold from ore, is a significant source of exposure for the workers and nearby populations. Few studies on hair mercury (Hg) have been conducted in Africa despite the fact that Africa has several gold deposits. No studies have been conducted in Eritrea that is one of the emerging gold producing countries in Africa. The aim of the study was to assess the Hg concentration in hair samples (

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AdolescentAdultAfricaAnimalsBiological MonitoringEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringFemaleGoldHumansMaleMercuryMiddle AgedMiningYoung AdultGoldMercurybiological monitoringhair analysishuman healthtoxic element

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PMID32183479
PMCPMC7143335
OpenAlexW3010701290

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