PIXE measurement of human hairs from a small-scale mining site of the Philippines

In gold-producing regions of the Philippines, so-called pocket miners are mining and smelting the ore by gold amalgamation. The amalgamation process and smelting of amalgam are usually done inside houses especially in the kitchen. It is of concern that people become exposed to vapor mercury by inhal...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 2002-04, Vol.189 (1), p.168-173
Hauptverfasser:	Murao, S., Daisa, E., Sera, K., Maglambayan, V.B., Futatsugawa, S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Gold Gold mines Hair Mercury Mercury (metal) Mercury amalgams Ore analysis Philippines PIXE Pocket miner Small-scale mining Smelting Toxicity X ray analysis
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