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Mercury Exposure and Health Impacts among Individuals in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community: A Comprehensive Review
Background: Mercury (Hg) is used in gold mining to extract gold from ore by forming “amalgam”—a mixture composed of approximately equal parts mercury and gold. Approximately 15 million people, including approximately 3 million women and children, participate in artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASG...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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NLM-Export
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080518/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24682486 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1307864 |