Mercury contamination associated with artisanal gold mining on the island of Mindanao, the Philippines

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 228, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 95-109

  Appleton, J D ^a   Williams, T M ^a   Breward, N ^a   Apostol, A ^b   Miguel, J ^b   Miranda, C ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Mines and Geosciences Bureau Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

'Dissolved' mercury; Artisanal gold mining; Bottom sediment; Contamination; Dispersion; Hair; Heavy mineral concentrates; Mercury; Mindanao; Philippines; Sediment quality; Suspended particulate matter; Water quality

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY;

GOLD MINE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHILIPPINES; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOLD; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHILIPPINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0032958437     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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