Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soils from Witwatersrand Gold Mining Basin, South Africa
The study evaluates the health risk caused by heavy metals to the inhabitants of a gold mining area. In this study, 56 soil samples from five mine tailings and 17 from two mine villages were collected and analyzed for Asernic (As), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Cobalt (Co), N...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/7/663 |