Potential health risk assessment of toxic metals contamination in clay eaten as pica (geophagia) among pregnant women of Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana

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What to know about geophagia

Medical News Today, 04 Oct 2023

Geophagia is the official term for craving and eating dirt, including earth, soil, or clay.

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