Mercury, arsenic and selenium concentrations in water and fish from sub-Saharan semi-arid freshwater reservoirs (Burkina Faso)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 444, Issue , 2013, Pages 243-254

  Ouédraogo, Ousséni ^a   Amyot, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antagonistic interactions; Arsenic; Mercury; Reservoirs; Risk assessment; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS; ANTAGONISTIC INTERACTIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; AQUATIC SYSTEM; BURKINA FASO; CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES; FRESHWATER RESERVOIRS; GOLD MINING; MINING ACTIVITIES; PISCIVORE FISH; POTENTIAL HEALTH; POTENTIAL RISKS; SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS; SEMI ARID; SUB-SAHARAN; SULFATE CONTENT; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TEMPERATURES; WET WEIGHT; WILDLIFE PROTECTION;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOLD; GOLD MINES; MERCURY (METAL); PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; TOXICITY;

FISH;

ARSENIC; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; SELENIUM; SULFATE;

ANTAGONISM; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; FRESHWATER; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTAMINATED FISH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MINING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BURKINA FASO; FISH PRODUCTS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MERCURY; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BURKINA FASO;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871666975     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.095     Document Type: Article

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