Mercury in fish: A critical examination of gold mining and human contamination in Ghana

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 214-228

  Tschakert, Petra ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Catfish; Environmental pollution; Fish smoking; Freshwater fish; Galamsey mining; Ghana; Marine fish; Mercury contamination; Metirylmercury; Mudfish; Tilapia; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD MINES; HEALTH RISKS; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; WATER;

CATFISH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FRESHWATER FISHES; GHANA; MARINE FISH; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; METIRYLMERCURY; MUDFISH; TILAPIA; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FISH;

GOLD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMALL SCALE MINING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; FISH; FISHERMAN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; LAKE; MINER; MINING; NONHUMAN; SEA;

GHANA;

TILAPIA;

EID: 77952515933     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.033232     Document Type: Article

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