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22 |
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Title |
Effects of gold mining on health of
nearby population |
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Region |
Central America/Carribean |
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Country(ies) |
Honduras |
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Fields |
Public Health, Epidemiology, Human
Rights |
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School/Program |
Harvard |
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Details |
Community respiratory health & water
use survey in 2 towns near a newly-operating goldmine in rural Honduras.
Obtained baseline data, still analyzing; may return March 2004 to deliver
report. Town is likely to welcome follow-up study; will gladly put
interested parties in touch. Solid grasp of conversational spanish
essential. |
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Email
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exp22@scihealthnet.org |
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Date |
June-August 2001 |
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Funding
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David Rockefeller Center for Latin
American Studies |
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Organizations |
Center for Economic and Social
Rights (New York); Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Torture
(Tegucigalpa); worked with several profs at HSPH, contacts available on
request |
