Disability weights for chronic mercury intoxication resulting from gold mining activities: Results from an online pairwise comparisons survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Steckling, Nadine ^a,b,c   Devleesschauwer, Brecht ^d   Winkelnkemper, Julia ^c   Fischer, Florian ^c   Ericson, Bret ^e   Krämer, Alexander ^c   Hornberg, Claudia ^c   Fuller, Richard ^e   Plass, Dietrich ^f   Bose O’Reilly, Stephan ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^e Blacksmith Institute   (United States)

^f Section Exposure Assessment and Environmental Health Indicators   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artisanal small scale gold mining; Burden of disease; Chronic metallic mercury vapor intoxication; Disability weights; Mercury; Pairwise comparison; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY; AIR POLLUTANT; HEAVY METAL;

ARTISANAL MINING; DISEASE; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMALL SCALE MINING; SURVEY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC METALLIC MERCURY VAPOR INTOXICATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MERCURIALISM; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; POISONING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009811997     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14010057     Document Type: Article

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