2017
DOI: 10.1080/23311843.2017.1304604
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Sociocultural factors associated with fish consumption in Lake Albert fishing community: Guidelines for lead and mercury

Abstract: Fish consumption in subsistence fishing community is a life style associated with lead and mercury uptake for humans. Fish consumption is influenced by sociocultural factors, exposure and health risks. Unfortunately, no sociocultural study in the Lake Albert fishing community in light of lead and mercury exists. A cross-sectional sociocultural study was carried out between March and June 2015. A total of 270 household heads in four landing sites in Hoima district completed structured questionnaires and data an… Show more

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“…The quest for industrialization and the concern on food safety are ever increasing in both developed and developing nations all over the world. The concern about environmental pollution and food safety is growing due to the probable health danger to the population [1][2][3]. Among environmental contaminants, heavy metals due to the anthropogenic and other activities have attracted numerous attentions due to their serious health implication to humans when accrued in an preeminent concentration above body requirements [4,5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The quest for industrialization and the concern on food safety are ever increasing in both developed and developing nations all over the world. The concern about environmental pollution and food safety is growing due to the probable health danger to the population [1][2][3]. Among environmental contaminants, heavy metals due to the anthropogenic and other activities have attracted numerous attentions due to their serious health implication to humans when accrued in an preeminent concentration above body requirements [4,5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As evidenced by literature, vegetables demand and consumption is remarkably growing in every parts of the globe as it institutes a vital part of the human diet and nutrition [6,7]. However, it has been documented that most of the vegetables commercially available, especially in developing nations, are often grown in urban and suburb areas of big cities [3,[8][9][10]. As a result, these vegetable are exposed to anthropogenic pollution instigated from sources including but not limited to urban and industrial wastes, mining and smelting and metallurgical industries [11,12].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Lai et al (16) demonstrate that fish consumption in adolescents has a significant relationship with parental influence at home. Tamale et al also show that the availability of fish at home is significantly associated with fish consumption in children (17) .…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…A growing body of empirical literature suggests that natural resource dependence is associated with socio-economic characteristics, distance to the extracting ground, and asset value (Amevenku et al, 2019;Nguyen et al, 2015Nguyen et al, , 2018Tamale et al, 2017). In addition, market access, financial capital, access to health, and membership to formal or informal institutions are likely to affect the dependence on these resources (Béné & Friend, 2011;Soltani et al, 2012).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%