Chemical Toxicity of Surface-Based Drinking Water Sources Due to Natural Uranium Pollutant Around Princess Gold Mine Environs in Roodepoort, South Africa

Exposure and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 457-464

  Njinga, Raymond L ^a,b   Tshivhase, Victor M ^a   Mathuthu, Manny ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY DUTSE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cancer mortality and morbidity; Drinking surface water; Lifetime consumption; Radiological risk

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DRINKING WATER; GOLD MINE; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SURFACE WATER; TAILINGS; TOXICITY TEST; URANIUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84996836551     PISSN: 24519766     EISSN: 24519685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12403-016-0203-0     Document Type: Article

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