Gauri Desai

Datos Biográficos

ID9065728
NOMBREGauri Desai
NOMBRESGauri
APELLIDODesai
FIRMADESAI G
AFILIACIONESDepartment of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR1
TOTAL COMO EDITOR5
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Prevalence of lead poisoning and unique lead sources in Bhutan

    Open AccessMongal Singh Gurung, Phillip Erbele et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Lead is a toxic element causing devastating consequences in children and affecting health throughout life. One in three children globally are estimated to have a blood lead level (BLL) of 5 μg/dL or higher, and lead causes harm at even lower levels. Low-level lead poisoning is pervasive. However, few low- and middle-income countries have national BLL prevalence or local lead source data. A nationally representative cross-sectional BLL survey in c…

  • Entomophagy and chemical element residues

    Open AccessChigozie Damian Ezeonyejiaku, Charles Obinwanne Okoye et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Entomophagy has received considerable attention due to its vulnerability to toxic chemical elements, thus requiring safety assessment. In this study, edible insects Rhyncophorus phoenics larvae (palm weevil) and Macrotermes bellicosus (termite) commonly found and sold in Anambra State, Nigeria, were collected from market vendors and identified. The concentration of chemical elements was determined by Varian AA240 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, a…

  • Concentrations of potentially toxic metals and trace elements in pregnant women and association with birth outcomes

    Open AccessMphatso Mwapasa, Shanshan Xu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Potentially toxic metals and trace elements have been used in Malawi for a long time. However, data on exposure to these elements by susceptible groups like pregnant women and its associations with reproductive health outcomes in Malawi and southern hemisphere is limited. We investigated the concentrations of potentially toxic metals as well as trace elements in pregnant women and assessed the relationship between the levels these elements in mat…

  • The role of geophagy and artisanal gold mining as risk factors for elevated blood lead levels in pregnant women in northwestern Tanzania

    Open AccessDeborah S K Thomas, Moses Asori et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Neither artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) or geophagy practices have received substantial attention related to blood lead levels despite the well documented deleterious effects of lead. This cross-sectional analytical study aimed to document the risk of lead exposure from geophagy and mining-related occupational activities for pregnant women. The study recruited 1056 pregnant women (883 in an ASGM area and 173 in a non-ASGM area) betwe…

  • Neonatal blood lead concentration predicts medium term lead-related outcomes in children ≤5 years old with congenital lead poisoning

    Open AccessNatalie Thurtle, Katharine A Kirby et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Mother-to-child-transmission of lead via the placenta is known to result in congenital lead toxicity. Between 2010 and 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières and other stakeholders responded to a severe lead poisoning outbreak related to artisanal gold mining in Northern Nigeria. Extensive environmental remediation occurred following outbreak identification; source control efforts are ongoing within the community. We aimed to describe the prevalence of c…

  • Using the Covid-19 pandemic to reimagine global health teaching in high-income countries

    Open AccessSalla Atkins, Ananya Banerjee et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021