Health survey among people living near an abandoned mine. A case study: Jales Mine, Portugal

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 31-40

  Mayan, Olga N ^a   Gomes, Maria J ^b   Henriques, Amélia ^a   Silva, Susana ^a   Begonha, Andrea ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Cadmium exposure; Contaminated sites; Lead exposure; Mines

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MINING; MONITORING;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH THREATS;

HEALTH RISKS;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ABANDONED MINE; BIOMONITORING; CADMIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CADMIUM POISONING; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRY THROAT; DUST EXPOSURE; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; OCULAR PRURITUS; PORTUGAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SNEEZING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADMIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PORTUGAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; JALES MINE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VILA REAL [PORTUGAL];

EID: 33751509229     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9078-4     Document Type: Article

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