Air mercury contamination in the gold mining town of Portovelo, Ecuador

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-253

  González Carrasco, Víctor ^a   Velasquez Lopez, Patricio C ^a   Olivero Verbel, Jesús ^b   Pájaro Castro, Nerlis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE MACHALA   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amalgamation; Artisanal small scale gold mining; Mercury; Southern Ecuador

Indexed keywords

AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRIES; AMALGAMATION; ARTISANAL GOLD MININGS; ARTISANAL-SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINING; DRY SEASONS; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GOLD MINING; GOLD RECOVERIES; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MERCURY LEVELS; RAINY SEASONS; RISK LEVELS;

DROUGHT; GOLD; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS;

GOLD MINES;

GOLD; MERCURY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CITY; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOLD; HUMANS; MERCURY; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS;

EID: 80054707974     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0345-5     Document Type: Article

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