Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soils from Witwatersrand Gold Mining Basin, South Africa

The study evaluates the health risk caused by heavy metals to the inhabitants of a gold mining area. In this study, 56 soil samples from five mine tailings and 17 from two mine villages were collected and analyzed for Asernic (As), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Cobalt (Co), N...

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Autores principales: Kamunda, Caspah, Mathuthu, Manny, Madhuku, Morgan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4962204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27376316
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13070663

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4962204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27376316
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13070663

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