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Arsenic pollution at Obuasi Goldmine, town, and surrounding countryside.

Human hair samples from mine workers and Obuasi citizens; various food items; drinking and washing water from Obuasi town; vegetation and soils from the countryside bordering on the goldmine; and geological materials from the mining process were collected and analyzed by volumetric, gravimetric, col...

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Autor principal: Amasa, S K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1975
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1227854
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description Human hair samples from mine workers and Obuasi citizens; various food items; drinking and washing water from Obuasi town; vegetation and soils from the countryside bordering on the goldmine; and geological materials from the mining process were collected and analyzed by volumetric, gravimetric, colorimetric, and neutron activation methods in order to assess the degree of arsenic pollution brought about as a result of the goldmining operations at Obuasi.
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spelling pubmed-14750372006-06-09 Arsenic pollution at Obuasi Goldmine, town, and surrounding countryside. Amasa, S K Environ Health Perspect Research Article Human hair samples from mine workers and Obuasi citizens; various food items; drinking and washing water from Obuasi town; vegetation and soils from the countryside bordering on the goldmine; and geological materials from the mining process were collected and analyzed by volumetric, gravimetric, colorimetric, and neutron activation methods in order to assess the degree of arsenic pollution brought about as a result of the goldmining operations at Obuasi. 1975-12 /pmc/articles/PMC1475037/ /pubmed/1227854 Text en
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Arsenic pollution at Obuasi Goldmine, town, and surrounding countryside.
title Arsenic pollution at Obuasi Goldmine, town, and surrounding countryside.
title_full Arsenic pollution at Obuasi Goldmine, town, and surrounding countryside.
title_fullStr Arsenic pollution at Obuasi Goldmine, town, and surrounding countryside.
title_full_unstemmed Arsenic pollution at Obuasi Goldmine, town, and surrounding countryside.
title_short Arsenic pollution at Obuasi Goldmine, town, and surrounding countryside.
title_sort arsenic pollution at obuasi goldmine, town, and surrounding countryside.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1227854
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