Health risks from exposure to metals in household dusts

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 179-189

  Lemus, R ^a   Abdelghani, A A ^a   Akers, T G ^a   Horner, W E ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor pollution; Lead; Louisiana; Risk based concentration

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DUST; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030436155     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.1996.11.4.179     Document Type: Article

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