Environmental Health and Safety Hazards of Indigenous Small-Scale Gold Mining Using Cyanidation in the Philippines
Objectives This cross-sectional study aimed at the environmental health hazards at work and cyanide exposure of small-scale gold miners engaged in gold extraction from ores in a mining area in the Philippines. Methods Methods consisted of structured questionnaire-guided interviews, work process obse...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Health Insights |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/EHI.S38459 |