Environmental and occupational exposures to mercury among indigenous people in Dunkwa-On-Offin, a small scale gold mining area in the south-west of Ghana

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 476-480

  Kwaansa Ansah, E E ^b   Basu, N ^a   Nriagu, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dunkwa On Offin; Farmers; Hair; Small scale miners; Total mercury; Urine

Indexed keywords

DUNKWA ON-OFFIN; FARMERS; HAIR; SMALL SCALE; TOTAL-MERCURY; URINE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AGRICULTURE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY FLUIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GOLD; GOLD MINES; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); MINERS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

GOLD; MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GHANA; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GHANA; GOLD; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651238002     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0141-7     Document Type: Article

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