Contamination, exposure and risk assessment of mercury in the soils of an artisanal gold mining community in Ghana
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Contamination, exposure and risk assessment of mercury in the soils of an artisanal gold mining community in Ghana
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Keywords
Exposure, Soil mercury, Enrichment Factor, Soil pollution, Risk assessment
Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 267, Issue -, Pages 128910
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Online
2020-11-09
DOI
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128910
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