Mercury exposure assessment and spatial distribution in a Ghanaian small-scale gold mining community

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 10755-10782

  Rajaee, Mozhgon ^a   Long, Rachel N ^a   Renne, Elisha P ^b   Basu, Niladri ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASGM; Ghana; GIS; Mercury; Small scale gold mining

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; GOLD; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARTISANAL MINING; GIS; GOLD MINE; GUIDELINE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GHANA; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURY HAIR LEVEL; MERCURY URINE LEVEL; MINER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL QUALITY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; MIDDLE AGED; SOIL POLLUTANT; URINE;

GHANA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GHANA; GOLD; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84940855882     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120910755     Document Type: Article

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