Environmental risk increase due to heavy metal contamination caused by a copper mining activity in Southern Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 277-286

  Bidone, Edison D ^a   Laybauer, Luciano ^b   Castilhos, Zuleica C ^a   Maddock, John L ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Copper mining; Environmental risk; Heavy metals; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

BRAZIL; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035374697     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652001000200011     Document Type: Article

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