Elevated mercury exposure in communities living alongside the Inanda Dam, South Africa

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 472-477

  Papu Zamxaka, Vathiswa ^a   Mathee, Angela ^a,b,c   Harpham, Trudy ^d   Barnes, Brendon ^b   Röllin, Halina ^a,e   Lyons, Michal ^d   Jordaan, Wikus ^f   Cloete, Marthinus ^f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; HAIR; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LAW; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPEECH DISORDER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIVER; RURAL POPULATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAIR; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIVERS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77951923649     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b917452d     Document Type: Article

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