Arsenic in the Muteh gold mining district, Isfahan, Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 959-970

  Keshavarzi, Behnam ^a   Moore, Farid ^a   Rastmanesh, Fatemeh ^a   Kermani, Maryam ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Isfahan Environmental Protection Office   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arsenic bearing minerals; Biogeochemical cycle; Gold mining; Muteh area

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTENT; ARSENIC TOXICITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONTROL SAMPLES; FOOD CHAIN; GOLD MINING; HUMAN HAIR; HUMAN HAIR SAMPLES; HUMAN INTAKE; ISFAHAN; MUTEH AREA; ORE MINERALS; PLANT SAMPLES; ROCK SAMPLE;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; WOOL; YARN;

GOLD MINES;

ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOLD MINE; HABITAT TYPE; LIVESTOCK; NATURAL RESOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PYRITE; TOXICITY;

ESFAHAN [ESFAHAN (PRV)]; ESFAHAN [IRAN]; IRAN;

EID: 84867097477     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1532-3     Document Type: Article

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