Mercury pollution related to artisanal gold mining in North Sulawesi Island, Indonesia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 989-996

  Limbong, D ^a,b,c   Kumampung, J ^b   Ayhuan, D ^c   Arai, T ^a   Miyazaki, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAM RATULANGI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c Yayasan Bina Cipta AquaTech ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDONESIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; REPRODUCTION; SEA POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GOLD; INDONESIA; MERCURY; METALLURGY; MINING; MUSCLES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 30544440161     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0847-0     Document Type: Article

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