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Lead levels in children and in soil, Bagega, Zamfara State, September 2010
| Participation in ore processing (n = 158) | Number of households (%) |
| Outside the household | 45 (28.5) |
| Within the household | 38 (24.1) |
| Households (n = 37) | Number of Households with elevated SLL (%) |
| Elevated SLL (≥400ppm) | 22 (59.5) |
| BLL (n = 184) | Number of U5 living in households with elevated SLL (%) |
| ≥10µg/dL | 63 (34.2) |
| ≥45µg/dL | 57 (31.0) |
| Ore processing sites (n = 6) | SLL (ppm) |
| Median | 32, 240 |
| Range | 4180 - 100, 000 |
