Community mercury levels in the vicinity of peri-urban waste disposal sites and fossil fuel burning operations

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 493-499

  Dalvie, Mohamed A ^a   Ehrlich, Rodney ^a  

^a Medical School   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Developing country; Environmental; Industry; Inorganic; Peri urban; Urinary mercury; Waste

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERICS; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOSSIL FUELS; MERCURY (METAL); URBAN PLANNING;

CREATININE; FOSSIL FUEL BURNING; PERI-URBAN; URINARY MERCURY;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

FOSSIL FUEL; MERCURY;

ABSORPTION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); URINE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE LEVEL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 33645966230     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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