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Our research team published a special journal edition entitled "Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Ghana" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The special journal edition is available free of charge at this link:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/asgm

Five key papers published within this special journal edition are: 
Full Publication List
​The papers below are affiliated with the Integrated Assessment. Papers marked with an asterisk are part of the special journal edition.
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  • *Basu, N.; Renne, E.; Long, R. An Integrated Assessment Approach to Address Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 11683–11698.
  • *Basu, N.; Clark, E.; Green, A.; Long, R.; Quansa, R.; Neitzel, R.; Mozhgon, R.; Wilson, M. L.; Chang, L.; Obiri, S.; Fobil, J. Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana - Part 1: Human Health Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 5143-5176.
  • *Basu, A.; Phipps, S.; Long, R.; Basu, N. Identification of Response Options to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Ghana via the Delphi Process. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 11345–11363.
  • *Bortey-Sam, N.; Nakayama, S.; Akoto, O.; Ikenaka, Y.; Fobil, J.; Baidoo, E.; Mizukawa, H.; Ishizuka, M. Accumulation of Heavy Metals and Metalloid in Foodstuffs from Agricultural Soils around Tarkwa Area in Ghana, and Associated Human Health Risks. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 8811–8827.
  • *Bortey-Sam, N.; Nakayama, S. M. M.; Akoto, O.; Ikenaka, Y. Ecological Risk of Heavy Metals and a Metalloid in Agricultural Soils in Tarkwa , Ghana. 2015, 11448–11465.
  • *Calys-Tagoe, B.; Ovadje, L.; Clarke, E.; Basu, N.; Robins, T. Injury Profiles Associated with Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Tarkwa, Ghana. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 7922–7937.
  • *Cobbina, S.; Duwiejuah, A.; Quansah, R.; Obiri, S.; Bakobie, N. Comparative Assessment of Heavy Metals in Drinking Water Sources in Two Small-Scale Mining Communities in Northern Ghana. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 10620–10634.
  • *Green, A.; Jones, A.; Sun, K.; Neitzel, R. L. The association between noise, cortisol and heart rate in a small-scale gold mining  community - A pilot study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 9952–9966.
  • *Kyeremateng-Amoah, E.; Clarke, E. Injuries and ill-health among artisanal and small-scale miners in Ghana. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 10886–10896.
  • *Long, R.; Sun, K.; Neitzel, R. L. Injury risk factors in a small-scale gold mining community in Ghana’s Upper East Region. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 8744–8761.
  • *Long, R.; Renne, E.; Basu, N. Understanding the Social Context of the ASGM Sector in Ghana: A Qualitative Description of the Demographic, Health, and Nutritional Characteristics of a Small-Scale Gold Mining Community in Ghana. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 12679–12696.
  • *Rajaee, M.; Long, R.; Renne, E.; Basu, N. Mercury Exposure Assessment and Spatial Distribution in A Ghanaian Small-Scale Gold Mining Community. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 10755–10782.
  • *Rajaee, M.; Obiri, S.; Green, A.; Long, R.; Cobbina, S.; Nartey, V.; Buck, D.; Antwi, E.; Basu, N. Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana - Part 2: Natural Sciences Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 8971-9011.
  • *Rajaee, M.; Sánchez, B.; Renne, E.; Basu, N. An Investigation of Organic and Inorganic Mercury Exposure and Blood Pressure in a Small-Scale Gold Mining Community in Ghana. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 10020–10038.
  • Renne EP. Small-Scale and Industrial Gold Mining Histories in Nangodi, UER, Ghana. Journal of West African History 2015, 1, 71-94.
  • *Wilson, M. L.; Renne, E. P.; Roncoli, C.; Agyei-Baffour, P.; Tenkorang, E. Y. Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana - Part 3: Social Sciences and Economics. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 8133–8156.
  • Long R, Renne E, Robins T, Wilson M, Pelig-Ba K, Rajaee M, Yee A, Koomson E, Sharp C, Lu J, Basu N. 2013. Water values in a Ghanaian small-scale gold mining community. Human Organization 72(3):199-210. 
  • Renne E, Basu N, Gager E, Koomson E, Lee B, Lee S, Leeth A, Manigault III D, Rajaee M, Sajjad A, Smith M, and Yee A. 2011. Women’s work, health and the environment in a smallscale mining site in northeastern Ghana. Women & Environments International Magazine (86/87):13-16.
  • Basu N, Nam D-H, Kwansah-Ansah E, Renne E, Nriagu J. 2010. Multiple metals exposure in a small-scale gold mining community. Environmental Research 111(3):463-467. 
  • Kwaansa-Ansah EE, Basu N, Nriagu JO. 2010. Environmental and occupational exposures to mercury among indigenous people in Dunkwa-On-Offin, a small-scale gold mining area in the south-west of Ghana. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 85(5):476-480.
  • Paruchuri Y, Siuniak A, Johnson N, Levin E, Mitchell K, Goodrich J, Renne E, Basu N. 2010. Occupational and environmental mercury exposure among small-scale gold miners in the Talensi-Nabdam District of Ghana’s Upper East region. Science of the Total Environment 408(24):6079-6085. 
Presentations
  • Long R, Rajaee M, Green A, Neitzel R, Basu N. "Mercury in marine and freshwater fish in Ghana," poster presentation at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, July 2015.
  • Long R, Basu N, Phipps S, Basu A. "The Delphi Technique for Developing Responses to Small-Scale Gold Mining," oral presentation at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, July 2015.
  • Rajaee M, Obiri S, Long R, Nartey V, Buck D, Antwi E, and Basu N. "Ecological impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana," oral presentation at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, July 2015.
  • Long R, Rajaee M, Renne E, Basu N. "Mercury in Ecological Media and Human Biomarkers in Ghana: A Review," poster presentation at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, 29 July 2013.
  • Long R, Baffour P, Clarke E, Obiri S, Rajaee M, Tenkorang E, Wilson M, Renne E, Basu N. "An Integrated Assessment of Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana," oral presentation at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, 30 July 2013.
  • Rajaee M, Long R, Yee AK, Robins T, Wilson M, Renne E, Basu N. "Respiratory outcomes and urinary mercury exposure in a small-scale gold mining community in Ghana," poster presentation at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, 29 July 2013.
  • Rajaee M, Long R, Robins T, Wilson M, Renne E, Basu N. " Mercury exposure and blood pressure in a small-scale gold mining community in Ghana," poster presentation at the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, 29 July 2013.
  • Rajaee M, Long R, Yee AK, Sharp C, Lu JK, Koomson E, Wilson M, Robins T, Renne EP, Basu N. “Multimedia exposure assessment of mercury in a small-scale gold mining community in northeast Ghana,” poster presentation at the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Conference, 28 Aug 2012.
  • Rajaee M, Long R, Yee AK, Sharp C, Lu JK, Pelig-Ba K, Robins T, Wilson M, Renne EP, Basu N. “Exposure assessment of mercury in a small-scale gold mining community in northeast Ghana,” poster presentation at the University of Michigan Rackham Centennial Research Symposium, 16 Feb 2012. 
  • Rajaee M, Long R, Yee AK, Sharp C, Lu JK, Pelig-Ba K, Robins T, Wilson M, Renne EP,  Basu N. “Exposure assessment of mercury in a small-scale gold mining community in northeast Ghana,” poster presentation at the University of Michigan Student Global Health Day, 11 Nov 2011.