Mercury contamination and its potential health effects in a lead-zinc mining area in the karst region of Guangxi, China

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-159

  Deng, Chaobing ^a,b   Zhang, Chaolan ^a   Li, Lihe ^b   Li, Zhongyi ^a   Li, Ning ^b  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Environmental Monitoring Station of Guangxi   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL CHARACTERISTIC; DRY FARMLANDS; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; FARMLAND SOILS; GUANGXI; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG POLLUTION; HUMAN HEALTH; KEY FACTORS; LEAD-ZINC MINING; LIMIT VALUES; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; METAL MINING; MINING AREAS; NEUROTOXICITY; PADDY SOILS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SAFETY OF FOOD; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; STUDY AREAS; TOLERANCE VALUES; TOTAL MERCURIES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WASTE RESIDUES; WASTE ROCKS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); SEWAGE; SMELTING; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; GEOSTATISTICS; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KARST; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; PADDY FIELD; POLLUTION MONITORING; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

EID: 78751703434     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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