Arsenic hazards to humans, plants, and animals from gold mining

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 180, Issue , 2004, Pages 133-165

  Eisler, Ronald ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GOLD;

ANIMAL; ARSENIC POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MINING; PLANT; POLLUTANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GOLD; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MINING; PLANTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 0142088557     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-21729-0_3     Document Type: Article

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