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International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJEES-118, 3 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2016/118
Research Article
Human Mercury Exposure Associated with Artisanal Gold Miners in Sudan

Eltayeb Tayrab1,4*, Manahil Azhary Abd Elrahim1, Mohammed Elbagir Ali Elameen2, Ahmed Yassin2 and Ali Kodi3

1Department of Chemical Pathology, National Ribat University, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Khartoum, Sudan
2Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan
3Department of Environmental Studies. National Ribat University, Faculty of Environmental Studies and Disaster Management, Khartoum, Sudan
4Department of Medical Basic Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Bisha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Eltayeb Tayrab, Department of Medical Basic Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Bisha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; E-mail: eltayebtayrab@gmail.com
18 April 2016; 08 October 2016; 10 October 2016
Tayrab E, Abd Elrahim MA, Ali Elameen ME, Yassin A, Kodi A, et al. (2016) Human Mercury Exposure Associated with Artisanal Gold Miners in Sudan. Int J Earth Environ Sci 1: 118. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2016/118
© 2016 Tayrab et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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