Erratum: Relationship Between Localization of Gold Mining Areas and Hair Mercury Levels in People from Bolivar, North of Colombia (Biol Trace Elem Res, (2011), 144, (118-132), 10.1007/s12011-011-9046-5);Relationship between localization of gold mining areas and hair mercury levels in people from Bolivar, north of Colombia

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 118-132

  Olivero Verbel, Jesús ^a   Caballero Gallardo, Karina ^a   Negrete Marrugo, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Gold mining; Human hair; Mercury pollution; Southern Bolivar

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MINING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84155167457     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9120-z     Document Type: Erratum

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