Mercury poisoning in women and infants inhabiting the Gangetic plains of Bihar: risk assessment
Mercury poisoning in women and infants inhabiting the Gangetic plains of Bihar: risk assessment
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Kumar, Arun , Agarwal, Radhika , Kumar, Kanhaiya , Chayal, Nirmal Kumar , Kumar, Govind , Kumar, Rajiv , Ali, Mohammad , Srivastava, Abhinav , Aryal, Siddhant , Pandey, Tejasvi , Verma, Kumar Sambhav , Kumar, Dhruv , Gajbhiye, Rahul Laxman , Dhingra, Sameer , Pothuraju, Naresh , Peraman, Ramalingam , Bishwapriya, Akhouri , Nandan, Ranbir , Sharma, Ashok , Singh, Manisha and Ghosh, Ashok Kumar
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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Mercury is a persistent, bio-accumulative, and hazardous contaminant. When released into the environment, it accumulates in water sediments, converting it to poisonous methylmercury that enters the food chain. The present study was carried out in habitations from the 11 districts of Bihar (India). In the study, n = 224 lactating women and their inf...
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Mercury poisoning in women and infants inhabiting the Gangetic plains of Bihar: risk assessment
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Agarwal, Radhika
Kumar, Kanhaiya
Chayal, Nirmal Kumar
Kumar, Govind
Kumar, Rajiv
Ali, Mohammad
Srivastava, Abhinav
Aryal, Siddhant
Pandey, Tejasvi
Verma, Kumar Sambhav
Kumar, Dhruv
Gajbhiye, Rahul Laxman
Dhingra, Sameer
Pothuraju, Naresh
Peraman, Ramalingam
Bishwapriya, Akhouri
Nandan, Ranbir
Sharma, Ashok
Singh, Manisha
Ghosh, Ashok Kumar
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_cc93dbe47824451dacbc4593a765afc6
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1471-2458
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1471-2458
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10.1186/s12889-025-22336-9
