Lichens as a good bioindicator of air pollution by mercury in small-scale gold mining areas, Tanzania

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 699-704

  Ikingura, J R ^a,b   Akagi, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GOLD; MERCURY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LICHENS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MERCURIALISM; MINING; NONHUMAN; PARMELIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; TANZANIA; USNEA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOLD; LICHENS; MERCURY; MINING; TANZANIA;

PARMELIA; USNEA;

EID: 0036589804     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280310     Document Type: Article

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