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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining: a cross-sectional assessment of occupational mercury exposure and exposure risk factors in Kadoma and Shurugwi, Zimbabwe

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining: a cross-sectional assessment of occupational mercury exposure and exposure risk factors in Kadoma and Shurugwi, Zimbabwe

In artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) the toxic metal mercury is used for gold extraction. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess mercury concentrations in urine and blood and mercury-related symptoms of participants identifying themselves as miners from Kadoma and Shur...

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Main Authors: Mambrey, Viola, Rakete, Stefan, Tobollik, Myriam, Shoko, Dennis, Moyo, Dingani, Schutzmeier, Paul, Steckling-Muschack, Nadine, Muteti-Fana, Shamiso, Bose-O’Reilly, Stephan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academic Press 2021
Subjects:
Human biomonitoring
mercury
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)
Zimbabwe
Exposure risk factors
Online Access:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935120302723
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4203
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