Influence of illegal gold mining on mercury levels in fish of North Sulawesi's Minahasa Peninsula, (Indonesia)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-302

  Kambey, Joice L ^a   Farrell, A P ^b   Bendell Young, L I ^b  

^a SAM RATULANGI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Human health; Illegal mines; Mercury

Indexed keywords

GOLD MINES; HEALTH CARE; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; TISSUE;

TISSUE MERCURY LEVELS;

WATER POLLUTION;

GOLD; MERCURY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FISH; FOOD QUALITY; ILLEGITIMACY; INDONESIA; MINING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOLD; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MERCURY; MINING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

INDONESIA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0034925233     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00163-4     Document Type: Article

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