Browsing by Subject "heavy metals"

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    • Cognitive performance among cohorts of children exposed to a waste disposal site containing heavy metals in Chile 
      Burgos, Soledad; Tenorio, Marcela; Zapata, Pamela; Cáceres, Dante D.; Klarian, José; Alvarez, Nancy; Oviedo, Renato; Toro-Campos, Rosario; Claudio, Luz; Iglesias, Verónica (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2017)
      © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Between 1984 and 1998, people living in Arica were involuntarily exposed to metal-containing waste stored in the urban area. The study aims to determine whether ...
    • Heavy metals in the atmosphere coming from a copper smelter in Chile 
      Romo-Kröger, C. M.; Morales, J. R.; Dinator, M. I.; Llona, F.; Eaton, L. C. (1994)
      The Chilean mine El Teniente is the world's largest underground copper mine. It operates a giant smelter at Caletones (34° 7′ S, 70° 27′ W) and we have found it is the major source of air contamination in the region. In ...