Mercury poisoning: Prevalence, knowledge and frequency of gold panning and doing retort among alluvial gold panners in Chiweshe and Tafuna communal lands in Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 251-254

  Matchaba Hove, R B ^a   Siziya, S ^a,d   Rusakaniko, S ^a   Kadenhe, R M ^b   Dumbu, S ^b   Chirenda, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Small Scale Miner's Association of Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0038487925     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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