Mercury contamination of surface water and fish in a gold mining region (Cuyuní river basin, Venezuela)

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 260-274

  Garcia Sanchez, A ^a   Contreras, F ^a   Adams, M ^b   Santos, F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish; Gold mining; Human exposure; Mercury; Water

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FISH; GOLD MINES; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY AMALGAMS; METALS; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

AMALGAMATION PROCESS; ARTISANAL GOLD MININGS; GOLD MINING; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

GOLD; MERCURY; SURFACE WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; GOLD MINE; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; HERBIVORE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; MINING; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VENEZUELA; WATER SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CUYUNI BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 47249108932     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2008.019398     Document Type: Article

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