Evaluation of risk to human health by natural arsenic contamination in groundwater and soils from the urban area of Ouro Preto (MG)

Evaluation of risk to human health by natural arsenic contamination in groundwater and soils from the urban area of Ouro Preto (MG)

This study was performed so as to make an assessment of human exposure to natural contamination by arsenic (As) ingroundwaters and soils in the urban area of Ouro Preto, MG), Brazil, specifically in the Piedade, Taquaral, Padre Faria,Alto da Cruz, Antônio Dias, and Barra neighborhoods. In this study...

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Main Authors: José Augusto Costa Gonçalves, Jorge Carvalho de Lena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-06-01
Series:Geologia USP. Série Científica
Subjects:
Ouro Preto
Arsenic
Risk assessment
Contaminated soil
Groundwater.
Online Access:http://ppegeo.igc.usp.br/pdf/guspsc/v13n2/08.pdf

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