A compilation of field surveys on gaseous elemental mercury (GEM) from contrasting environmental settings in Europe, South America, South Africa and China: Separating fads from facts

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 713-734

  Higueras, Pablo ^a   Oyarzun, Roberto ^a,b   Kotnik, Joze ^c   Esbrí, José María ^a   Martínez Coronado, Alba ^a   Horvat, Milena ^c   López Berdonces, Miguel Angel ^a   Llanos, Willians ^d   Vaselli, Orlando ^e   Nisi, Barbara ^f   Mashyanov, Nikolay ^g   Ryzov, Vladimir ^g   Spiric, Zdravko ^h   Panichev, Nikolay ⁱ   McCrindle, Rob ⁱ   Feng, Xinbin ^j   Fu, Xuewu ^j   Lillo, Javier ^k   Loredo, Jorge ^l   García, María Eugenia ^m   Alfonso, Pura ⁿ   Villegas, Karla ^n,o   Palacios, Silvia ^a,n   Oyarzún, Jorge ^a,p   Maturana, Hugo ^a,p   Contreras, Felicia ^q   Adams, Melitón ^q   Ribeiro Guevara, Sergio ^r   Niecenski, Luise Felipe ^s   Giammanco, Salvatore ^t   Huremović, Jasna ^u   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d Exploraciones Mineras SA (EM)   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^h Department of Natural Resources Management   (Croatia)

ⁱ TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^j INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^k UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^o St Cochabamba   (Bolivia)

^p DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^q UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^r CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^s FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^t Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Volcanologia   (Italy)

^u Prirodno matematicki fakultet   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

more..

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Cities; Gaseous elemental mercury; Hazards; Mining districts; Pristine locations; Risks; Volcanos

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING INDUSTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANO;

CHINA; EUROPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AIR POLLUTANT; MERCURY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHINA; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MINING; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; VOLCANO;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CITIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; MERCURY; MINING; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 84903156421     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-013-9591-2     Document Type: Article

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