Small-scale gold mining in the Puyango River basin, southern Ecuador: A study of environmental impacts and human exposures

EcoHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-332

  Betancourt, Oscar ^a   Narváez, Alberto ^a   Roulet, Marc ^b  

^a Fundación Salud Ambiente Y Desarrollo FUNSAD   (Ecuador)

^b Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Environmental impacts; Lead; Manganese; Mercury; Mining

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; GOLD; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATCHMENT; COOKING; DRINKING; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; FISH; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 28244444837     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-005-8462-4     Document Type: Article

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