Multiple metals exposure in a small-scale artisanal gold mining community

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 463-467

  Basu, Niladri ^a   Nam, Dong Ha ^a   Kwansaa Ansah, Edward ^b   Renne, Elisha P ^c   Nriagu, Jerome O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Metals; Mining; Risk assessment; Urinary biomarkers

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ELEMENT; GOLD; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ARTISANAL MINING; BIOMARKER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; GOLD MINE; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

GHANA;

EID: 79952900589     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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