Mercury in surface soil and cassava crop near an alluvial goldmine at Dunkwa-on-Offin, Ghana

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 228-235

  Golow, A A ^a   Adzei, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CROP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GHANA; MINING; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TUBER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GHANA; GOLD; MANIHOT; MERCURY; MINING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0036705342     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0051-4     Document Type: Article

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