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Triggered by observations that a disproportionally high number of leukaemia patients came from a particular area around the small town of Pofadder in the arid Northern Cape Province, a subsequently conducted research project established a geo-statistical link between naturally elevated U-levels in groundwater and haematological abnormalities. In this paper results from a follow-up study are presented indicating the water is indeed the most important pathway for U-exposure while consumption of contaminated sheep meat also contributes but to a lesser extent.
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Winde, F., Erasmus, E., Geipel, G., Osman, A. (2015). Revisiting a case study on uranium exposure linked to leukaemia – preliminary results. In: Merkel, B., Arab, A. (eds) Uranium - Past and Future Challenges. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11059-2_22
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