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Occupational and environmental mercury exposure among small-scale gold miners in the Talensi–Nabdam District of Ghana's Upper East region

Yasaswi Paruchuri, Amanda Siuniak, Nicole Johnson, Elena Levin, Katherine Mitchell, Jaclyn M. Goodrich, Elisha P. Renne, Niladri Basu

The Science of The Total Environment · 2010 · 114 citations · 18 references

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Neurotoxic Effects of Low-Level Methylmercury Contamination in the Amazonian Basin

Jean Lebel, Donna Mergler, Fernando J.P. Branches et al. · Environmental Research · 1998 · 322 citations

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Mercury pollution due to gold mining in the Madeira river basin, Brazil.

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Contaminated identities: Mercury and marginalization in Ghana’s artisanal mining sector

Petra Tschakert, Kamini Singha · Geoforum · 2007 · 231 citations

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Harvesting mineral riches: 1000 years of gold mining in Ghana

Gavin Hilson · Resources Policy · 2002 · 231 citations

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