Ghana: Environmental And Occupational Exposures To Mercury Among Indigenous People In ...

Ghana: Environmental And Occupational Exposures To Mercury Among Indigenous People In Dunkwa-On-Offin, A Small Scale Gold Mining Area In The South-West Of Ghana E. E. Kwaansa-Ansah, N. Basu, and J. O. Nriagu, 2010 Total mercury concentrations in human hair and urine samples were determined to ascertain the extent of environmental and occupational mercury exposure in Dunkwa-On-Offin, a small scale gold mining area of the central-west region of Ghana. In all ninety-four (94) hair and urine...

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