Mining in the Alligator Rivers Region, northern Australia: Assessing potential and actual effects on ecosystem and human health

Toxicology

Volumn 181-182, Issue , 2002, Pages 505-515

  Van Dam, R A ^a,b   Humphrey, C L ^a   Martin, P ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^b SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alligator Rivers Region; Aquatic ecosystem protection; Direct toxicity assessment; Human helath protection; Mining

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; URANIUM;

ABORIGINE; ALLIGATOR; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CALCULATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; HEALTH; HUMAN; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SNAIL; TOXICITY TESTING; URANIUM MINE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0037184854     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(02)00470-5     Document Type: Article

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