The Effect of Addiction to Sniffing Lead-containing Substances on Blood Biochemical Measurements of Homeless Adolescents in Khartoum City, Sudan

 

 

Leila M. A. Hamed¹, Gaafar K. Nogod², Hythem S.A. Saeed³, Fatima A. B. Abdalla⁴,*Abdelmonem M. Abdellah⁵, and Abdel Rouf A. Abbas⁶

 

 

¹Department of Chemistry, Dawadmi Sciences and Humanities College (Female Section), Shaqra University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

²Central Laboratory of Research and Analysis for Drinking Water, Khartoum, Sudan,

³Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Surgery, National University, Sudan,

⁴Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan,

⁵Allahawi for Research Consultation (ARC), Khartoum North, Sudan,

⁶Dept. of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Omdurman Islamic University.

 

 

 

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