Background: Cowpea, a major source of vegetable protein for millions in Africa is mostly preserved using synthetic chemicals e.g. phosphide. Because a large number of people who carry out grain fumigation are largely untrained, sometimes contamination of fumigated grain with spen...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/3129
Objectives: Homozygous sickle cell disorder (SCD) children are known to have abnormal anthropometric parameters which mostly have been linked with altered zinc status. Alteration in trace element status which occurs from interaction between essential and non-essential elements ha...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/arrb/2022/v37i230483
The aim of the study was to determine whether altered serum trace element status is one of the occupational hazards associated with solid waste scavenging. Having obtained informed consent, 30 male solid waste scavengers (SWS) and 30 age-matched males which served as control grou...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2022/v10i230220