Environmental contamination and risk assessment of mercury from a historic mercury mine located in southwestern China

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-36

  Li, Yonghua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Average daily intake dose; Exposure pathway; Heavy metals; Mercury; Mining activity

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MINING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; MINING; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84871651760     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-012-9470-2     Document Type: Article

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