Health and environmental risk assessment of mercury in outdoor and indoor dust in artisanal and small-scale gold mining area in Amansie-west district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
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Published:2024-07-13
Issue:9
Volume:46
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ISSN:0269-4042
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Container-title:Environmental Geochemistry and Health
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Environ Geochem Health
Author:
Poku Patrick Adu, Addai-Arhin SylvesterORCID, Nimako Collins, Arrazy SyafranORCID, Agustiani Tia, Jeong HuihoORCID, Agusa Tetsuro, Ishibashi Yasuhiro, Kobayashi JunORCID
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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