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ArticleJournal of xenobiotics2024

Exposure and Health Risks Posed by Potentially Toxic Elements in Soils of Metal Fabrication Workshops in Mbarara City, Uganda.

Eunice Nuwamanya, Denis Byamugisha, Caroline K Nakiguli, Christopher Angiro, Alice V Khanakwa, Timothy Omara, Simon Ocakacon, Patrick Onen, Daniel Omoding, Boniface Opio and 2 more

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Article in Journal of xenobiotics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Eunice NuwamanyaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara P.O. Box 1410, Uganda.
Denis ByamugishaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara P.O. Box 1410, Uganda.
Caroline K NakiguliDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara P.O. Box 1410, Uganda.
Christopher AngiroCentre for Water, Environment and Development, School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield MK43 0AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6036-3389
Alice V KhanakwaDepartment of Environmental Health and Disease Prevention, Faculty of Public Health, Lira University, Lira P.O. Box 1035, Uganda.
Timothy OmaraDepartment of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala P.O. Box 7062, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0002-0175-1055
Simon OcakaconDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology, Makerere University, Kampala P.O. Box 7062, Uganda.
Patrick OnenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 695581, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2458-9388
Daniel OmodingDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India.ORCID 0009-0006-5651-8097
Boniface OpioDepartment of Science and Vocational Education, Lira University, Lira P.O. Box 1035, Uganda.
Daniel NimusiimaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara P.O. Box 1410, Uganda.ORCID 0009-0004-8672-2991
Emmanuel NtambiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara P.O. Box 1410, Uganda.
Mbarara University of Science and Technology · UGMakerere University · UGAndhra University · INCranfield University · GBLira Hospital · UGUniversity of Kerala · INUniversity of Lucknow · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal fabrication workshops (MFWs) are common businesses in Ugandan cities, and especially those producing metallic security gates, window and door frames (burglar-proof), and balcony and staircase rails. The objective of this study was to comparatively assess the pollution levels and potential health risks of manganese (Mn), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pd) and nickel (Ni) in pooled surface soil samples from four 5-, 7-, 8-, and 10-year-old MFWs (

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average daily dosescarcinogenic riskhazard indexhealth risksmetal fabrication workshopssoil pollutiontoxic metals

Identifiers

PMID38390991
PMCPMC10885048
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