Limitations in small artisanal gold mining addressed by educational components paired with alternative mining methods

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 419, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Zolnikov, Tara R ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative mining methods; Economic incentive; Education; Exposure; Mercury; Small artisanal gold mining

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ARTISANAL GOLD MININGS; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; EXPOSURE; GOLD MINING; GOLD ORE DEPOSITS; GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY; HAZARDOUS AREA; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; HUMAN POPULATION; INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MERCURY EXPOSURE; MINING METHODS; MINING TECHNIQUES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; TOXICOKINETICS;

EDUCATION; GOLD MINES; HEALTH CARE; HEAVY METALS; MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES;

MERCURY (METAL);

GOLD; MERCURY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; GOLD MINE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INCENTIVE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORE DEPOSIT; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

AWARENESS; BIOACCUMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYANIDATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAVIMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MERCURIALISM; METHODOLOGY; MINING; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SMALL ARTISANAL GOLD MINING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXICOKINETICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GOLD; HUMANS; MERCURY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84857055131     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.017     Document Type: Review

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