Probabilistic meta-analysis of risk from the exposure to Hg in artisanal gold mining communities in Colombia

Chemosphere

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-189

  De Miguel, Eduardo ^a   Clavijo, Diana ^a   Ortega, Marcelo F ^a   Gómez, Amaia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artisanal gold mining; Colombia; Health; Mercury; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FISH; GOLD MINES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY AMALGAMS; MINERS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ARTISANAL GOLD MININGS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; COLOMBIA; EXPOSURE PARAMETERS; GENERAL POPULATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMALGAM; GOLD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; GOLD MINE; META-ANALYSIS; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; MINER; MINING; NONHUMAN; OUTDOOR AIR; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTER; VAPOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

COLOMBIA;

ARTISANAL GOLD MINING; COLOMBIA; HEALTH; MERCURY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOLD; HUMANS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84901421161     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.01.035     Document Type: Article

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