A combined ecological and epidemiologic investigation of metal exposures amongst Indigenous peoples near the Marlin Mine in Western Guatemala

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-77

  Basu, Niladri ^a   Abare, Marce ^b   Buchanan, Susan ^c   Cryderman, Diana ^a   Nam, Dong Ha ^a   Sirkin, Susannah ^d   Schmitt, Stefan ^d   Hu, Howard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological health; Exposure assessment; Field study; Human health; Human rights; Indigenous peoples; Metals; Mining

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL HEALTH; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FIELD STUDIES; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BLOOD; COBALT; ECOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

COPPER;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; COBALT; COPPER; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; RIVER WATER; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; METAL; MINING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RIVER WATER; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; MINER; MINING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION GROUPS; RIVERS; SOIL; YOUNG ADULT;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 78149360163     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.09.041     Document Type: Article

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