Women, mercury and artisanal gold mining: Risk communication, and mitigation

Journal De Physique. IV : JP

Volumn 107, Issue I, 2003, Pages 617-620

  Hinton, J J ^a   Veiga, M M ^b   Beinhoff, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EXTRACTION; GOLD MINES; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY MINES; MINERS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ARTISANAL MINING; MINERAL EXTRACTION; WOMEN;

HEAVY METALS;

EID: 0038039088     PISSN: 11554339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:20030379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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