Environmental exposure and fingernail analysis of arsenic and mercury in children and adults in a Nicaraguan gold mining community

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 400-409

  Wickre, Joel B ^a   Folt, Carol L ^a   Sturup, Stefan ^a   Karagas, Margaret R ^b,c  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Artisanal mining; Biomarker; Children; Environmental exposure; Fingernail; Gold mining; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GOLD; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MINING; NICARAGUA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOIL POLLUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOLD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; NAILS; NICARAGUA; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 27544468746     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.8.400-409     Document Type: Article

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