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ArticleHeliyon2024

Investigation of fluoride concentrations, water quality, and non-carcinogenic health risks of borehole water in bongo district, northern Ghana.

Gerheart Winfred Ashong, Boansi Adu Ababio, Edward Ebow Kwaansa-Ansah, Simon Konadu Koranteng, Gwalley Diyawul-Haqq Muktar

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gerheart Winfred AshongDepartment of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Kumasi, Ghana.
Boansi Adu AbabioDepartment of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Kumasi, Ghana.
Edward Ebow Kwaansa-AnsahDepartment of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Kumasi, Ghana.
Simon Konadu KorantengDepartment of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Kumasi, Ghana.
Gwalley Diyawul-Haqq MuktarDepartment of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Kumasi, Ghana.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Access to potable water is a significant concern due to the increasing global threat posed by fluoride contamination in groundwater sources. This study investigated the concentrations of fluoride (F

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Bongo districtFluorideGroundwaterHealth risk assessmentPhysicochemical parameters

Identifiers

PMID38524565
PMCPMC10958223
OpenAlexW4392875717

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