Estimating historical atmospheric mercury concentrations from silver mining and their legacies in present-day surface soil in Potosí, Bolivia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 7619-7626

  Hagan, Nicole ^a   Robins, Nicholas ^b   Hsu Kim, Heileen ^c   Halabi, Susan ^d   Morris, Mark ^a   Woodall, George ^a   Zhang, Tong ^c   Bacon, Allan ^e   Richter, Daniel de B ^e   Vandenberg, John ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aermod soils; Mercury; Potos , Bolivia; Silver

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SILVER; SILVER MINES; SMELTING; SOILS;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY VAPOR; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; REFERENCE CONCENTRATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84897584146     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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