Health and environmental assessment of mercury exposure in a gold mining community in Western Mindanao, Philippines

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-134

  Cortes Maramba, Nelia ^a   Reyes, Jose Paciano ^a   Francisco Rivera, Ana Trinidad ^b   Akagi, Hirokatsu ^c   Sunio, Rose ^d   Panganiban, Lynn Crisanta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Philippines)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^d Center for Health Development for Western Mindanao   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Health effects; Mercury; Methylmercury; Small scale mining

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD MINES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING;

GASTROINTESTINAL; GOLD MINING; HEALTH EFFECTS; MERCURY; MERCURY LEVELS; METHYL MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; MINING ACTIVITIES; SMALL-SCALE MINING; TOTAL MERCURIES;

POTABLE WATER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; GOLD; MERCURY; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMALL SCALE MINING;

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHILIPPINES; SAMPLE SIZE; SEDIMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MINDANAO; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33748421544     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.01.019     Document Type: Article

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