Assessment of mercury exposure among small-scale gold miners using mercury stable isotopes

Environmental Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 226-234

  Sherman, Laura S ^a   Blum, Joel D ^a   Basu, Niladri ^b   Rajaee, Mozhgon ^a   Evers, David C ^c   Buck, David G ^c   Petrlik, Jindrich ^d   DiGangi, Joseph ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Arnika Association   (Czech Republic)

^e IPEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Mercury isotopes; Methylmercury; Small scale gold mining

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; STABLE ISOTOPE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; GOLD MINE; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; METHYLMERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORE DEPOSIT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL SCALE MINING; STABLE ISOTOPE; URINE;

ARTICLE; GHANA; GHANAIAN; HAIR; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INDONESIAN; MINER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL SCALE GOLD MINING; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SOIL POLLUTANT; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

GHANA; INDONESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; GHANA; HAIR; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; MERCURY ISOTOPES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922224324     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.12.021     Document Type: Article

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