Minerals in Human Geophagic Soils from Selected Rural Communities in Gauteng and Limpopo Provinces in South Africa

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Human Ecology

• Publication date

  2015-06-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1080/09709274.2015.11906882
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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