RISK ESTIMATES FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN EXPOSED TO MERCURY-CONTAMINATED OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS AND LATES NILOTICUS IN LAKE ALBERT UGANDA

Risk estimates for children and pregnant women exposed to mercury-contaminated Oreochromis niloticus and Lates niloticus in Lake Albert Uganda

Exposure to mercury contaminated fish predisposes here populations particularly children and pregnant women to various health hazards including neurotoxicity, reproductive abnormalities and cognitive disorders.Earlier studies in the Lake Albert community have demonstrated the presence of mercury in Nile tilapia and Nile perch.However, the risk esti

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