Reducing mercury and responding to the global gold rush

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9503, 2005, Pages 2070-2072

  Spiegel, Samuel J ^a   Yassi, Annalee ^a   Spiegel, Jerry M ^a   Veiga, Marcello M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; GOLD; MERCURY;

BODY BURDEN; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MERCURIALISM; MINING; NOTE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 29144441522     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67868-3     Document Type: Note

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