Ecological, groundwater, and human health risk assessment in a mining region of nicaragua

Risk Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 916-933

  Picado, Francisco ^a,b   Mendoza, Alfredo ^a,b   Cuadra, Steven ^a,c   Barmen, Gerhard ^b   Jakobsson, Kristina ^c   Bengtsson, Göran ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gold mining; Hazard quotient; Mercury; Risk; River

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARK DOSE; CORD BLOOD; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; EXCHANGE RATES; GOLD MINING; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HAZARDOUS SOURCES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MERCURY; MERCURY EXPOSURE; MINING AREAS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NICARAGUA; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION; RELATIVE RISKS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SEDIMENTS; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE; UNCERTAINTY FACTORS;

BACTERIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; GOLD; GOLD MINES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; HYDRAULICS; MERCURY (METAL); METAL REFINING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

GOLD; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GOLD MINE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RIVER POLLUTION; TOLERANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NICARAGUA; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ECOLOGY; GOLD; HUMANS; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NICARAGUA; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 77954124426     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01387.x     Document Type: Article

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