The impact of pollution from a mercury processing plant in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on the health of fish-eating communities in the area: An environmental health risk assessment

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  International Journal of Environmental Health Research

• Publication date

  2001-03-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1080/09603120020019638PMID 11260786
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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