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ArticleHeliyon2024

Microplastics in the Volta Lake: Occurrence, distribution, and human health implications.

Charles Mario Boateng, Samuel Addo, Collins Prah Duodu, Harriet Danso-Abbeam, Prince Chapman Agyeman, Kofi Ferni Anyan, Eunice Konadu Asamoah, Emmanuel Robert Blankson, Elvis Nyarko, Atsushi Matsuoka

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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 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Charles Mario BoatengDepartment of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Samuel AddoDepartment of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Collins Prah DuoduDepartment of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Harriet Danso-AbbeamEnvironmental Research Resource Centre, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P.O Box LG 80, Accra, Ghana.
Prince Chapman AgyemanDivision of Plant Sciences and Technology, University of Missouri, USA.
Kofi Ferni AnyanDepartment of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Eunice Konadu AsamoahDepartment of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Emmanuel Robert BlanksonDepartment of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Elvis NyarkoRegional Maritime University, Post Office Box GP 1115, Accra, Ghana.
Atsushi MatsuokaInstitute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA.
University of Ghana · GHGhana Atomic Energy Commission · GHRegional Maritime University · GHUniversity of Missouri · USUniversity of New Hampshire · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pollution of plastic waste in aquatic ecosystems in Ghana is of significant concern with potential adverse effects on food safety and ecosystem function. This study examined the abundance and distribution of microplastics (MPs) in freshwater biota samples namely: the African river prawn (

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Human exposureMicrofiberMicroplasticsPolymerSedimentVolta lake

Identifiers

PMID38596133
PMCPMC11002670
OpenAlexW4393900946

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