Fugitive dust and human exposure to heavy metals around the Red Dog Mine

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 206, Issue , 2010, Pages 49-63

  Kerin, Elizabeth J ^a   Lin, Hsing K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MINING; POLLUTANT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING;

EID: 77956090054     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6260-7_3     Document Type: Article

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