Gold Mining in Ecuador: A Cross-Sectional Assessment of Mercury in Urine and Medical Symptoms in Miners from Portovelo/Zaruma

Mercury is a toxic metal and is used in small scale gold mining. In Portovelo, Ecuador, mercury has been an environmental and health problem for decades. The target of this study was to assess the mercury concentration in the urine of miners from Portovelo/Zaruma to establish a prevalence of high va...

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Autores principales: Schutzmeier, Paul, Berger, Ursula, Bose-O’Reilly, Stephan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5295285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28042847
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14010034

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5295285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28042847
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14010034

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