Health assessment for mercury exposure among schoolchildren residing near a gold processing and refining plant in Apokon, Tagum, Davao del Norte, Philippines

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 259, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 31-43

  Akagi, Hirokatsu ^a   Castillo, Erle S ^b   Cortes Maramba, Nelia ^b   Francisco Rivera, Ana Trinidad ^c   Timbang, Teresa D ^c  

^a National Institute for Disease   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Inorganic mercury; Mercury; Methylmercury; Tagum

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; RIVER WATER;

CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOLD MINE; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISH; GINGIVA DISEASE; GROWTH DISORDER; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MINING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOLD; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; PHILIPPINES;

PHILIPPINES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034597248     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00547-7     Document Type: Article

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