Arsenic bioaccessibility in a gold mining area: A health risk assessment for children

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 457-465

  Ono, Fábio Benedito ^a   Guilherme, Luiz Roberto Guimarães ^a   Penido, Evanise Silva ^a   Carvalho, Geila Santos ^a   Hale, Beverley ^b   Toujaguez, Regla ^a   Bundschuh, Jochen ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Environmental contamination; Human health; In vitro tests; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GOLD;

ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOLD MINE; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRAZIL; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLISM; MINING; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GOLD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; PARACATU;

EID: 84863196491     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-011-9444-9     Document Type: Article

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