A preliminary study on health effects in villagers exposed to mercury in a small-scale artisanal gold mining area in Indonesia

Environmental Research

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 274-281

  Bose O'Reilly, Stephan ^a,b   Schierl, Rudolf ^a   Nowak, Dennis ^a   Siebert, Uwe ^b,c,d   William, Jossep Frederick ^e,f   Owi, Fradico Teorgi ^e   Ir, Yuyun Ismawati ^f  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Medicuss Foundation   (Indonesia)

^f Bali Fokus Foundation   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Artisanal small scale gold mining; Indonesia; Intoxication; Mercury; Rice

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY;

ARTISANAL MINING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; GOLD MINE; HEALTH IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING INDUSTRY; PADDY FIELD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY TEST; VILLAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSDIADOCHOKINESIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HAIR LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MOUTH DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVATION DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER; TREMOR; URINE LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; METABOLISM; ORYZA; URINE;

INDONESIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MERCURY; MINING; ORYZA;

EID: 84965152682     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.04.007     Document Type: Article

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