Arsenic levels in tube-wells water, food, residents' urine and the prevalence of skin lesions in Yatenga province, Burkina Faso
By: Issa Somé, Abdoul Sakira, Moustapha Ouédraogo, Theodore Ouédraogo, Adama Traoré, Blaise Sondo and Pierre Guissou
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Language: English
Page range: 38 - 41
Published on: May 11, 2012
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Pharmacology & Toxicology, Centre of Experimental Medicine
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