A cross-sectional survey on knowledge and perceptions of health risks associated with arsenic and mercury contamination from artisanal gold mining in Tanzania

BACKGROUND: An estimated 0.5 to 1.5 million informal miners, of whom 30-50% are women, rely on artisanal mining for their livelihood in Tanzania. Mercury, used in the processing gold ore, and arsenic, which is a constituent of some ores, are common occupational exposures that frequently result in wi...

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Main Authors: Charles, Elias, Thomas, Deborah SK, Dewey, Deborah, Davey, Mark, Ngallaba, Sospatro E, Konje, Eveline
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585699/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23351708
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-74
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