Airborne lead exposure to workers during deleading activity as part of a building demolition project

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 210-215

  Lange, John H ^a   Sites, Sharon L M ^b   Thomulka, Kenneth W ^c  

^a ENVIROSAFE TRAINING AND CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b NE Environmental Associates ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne contaminants; Exposure; Lead based paint abatement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001726337     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X9800700405     Document Type: Article

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