Human health risk assessment of artisanal miners exposed to toxic chemicals in water and sediments in the presteahuni Valley district of Ghana

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Obiri, Samuel ^a,b   Yeboah, Philip O ^a   Osae, Shiloh ^a   Adu Kumi, Sam ^c   Cobbina, Samuel J ^d   Armah, Frederick A ^e   Ason, Benjamin ^f   Antwi, Edward ^g   Quansah, Reginald ^h  

^a Ghana Atomic Energy Commission   (Ghana)

^b Centre for Environmental Impact Analysis   (Ghana)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^f CSIR Soil Research Institute   (Ghana)

^g KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^h University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cancer health risk; Disease profile; Hazard quotient; Non cancer risk; PresteaHuni valley

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTISANAL MINING; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GHANA; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MINING; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

GHANA;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GHANA; GOLD; HUMANS; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MINERS; MINING; POISONING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84955100075     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010139     Document Type: Article

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