Browsing by Subject "Human health"

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    • Chemical analysis of calabash chalk: does it affect human health? 

      Zabin, Musharrat (BRAC University, 2017-06)
      Consumption of geophagic soil by mankind is an enigmatic and convoluted fact. The fact has fecundity to produce huge conventional reasons for consuming the soil but still those are considered as elusive. Indigence naturally ...

    • Impact of cadmium exposure on human health with a focus on Bangladesh 

      Kabir, Eva Rahman; Sheikh, Zara; Khan, Tanisha Tabassum Sayka (© 2014 European Journal of Toxicological Sciences, 2014-03)
      The environment in which we claim to “live” in has become a huge reservoir of toxic metals. Human health is under constant risk of deterioration due to increasing chronic exposure of such metals that adversely affect the ...

    • Particulate matter pollution and its impact on human health 

      Tasneem, Anika (Brac University, 2020-07)
      One of the major types of air pollution is particulate matter type air pollution. This type of air pollution is mainly caused by the suspended particles created from burning fuels or other harmful gases leading to the ...

    • Sources and effect of mercury on human health: a review 

      Humaira, Kasfia Tasnim (BRAC Univeristy, 2016-09)
      Mercury is one of the common environmental toxicants that prevails on Earth naturally due to soil erosion and volcanic eruption. This environmental pollutant is also released due to different human activities, e.g., ...