Regional bedrock geochemistry associated with podoconiosis evaluated by multivariate analysis

• Published in: Environmental geochemistry and health Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 649 - 665
• Main Authors: Cooper, Jamey N., Cooper, Allen M., Clausen, Benjamin L., Nick, Kevin E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aetiology; Africa - epidemiology; Agricultural practices; Aluminium; Aluminum; Aluminum - analysis; Analysis of Variance; Bedrock; Calcium; Composition; Diseases; Earth and Environmental Science; Elephantiasis - epidemiology; Elephantiasis - etiology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Etiology; Function analysis; Geochemistry; Geology; Geology - methods; Hawaii - epidemiology; Humans; Legs (structural); Lymphatic system; Magnesium; Minerals; Minerals - analysis; Minerals - chemistry; Multivariate Analysis; Original Paper; Oxides; Oxides - analysis; Principal Component Analysis; Principal components analysis; Public Health; Regional analysis; Regions; Silicon; Silicon - analysis; Skin; Soil - chemistry; Soil Science & Conservation; Terrestrial Pollution; Variance analysis; Hawaii; Africa; Geochemistry; Rift volcanics; Multivariate analysis; Podoconiosis; Principal component analysis

Podoconiosis is a disease whose etiology remains murky. Currently, the disease is attributed to particles that are believed to move through the skin and into the lymphatic system causing swelling of the lower legs. Identity of these particles or their composition remains unclear, though the presence...