Soil is an important pathway of human lead exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 217-229

  Mielke, Howard W ^a   Reagan, Patrick L ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b Midwest Environ Educ Res Assoc   (United States)

Author keywords

Abatement; Blood; Causality; Ecological; Gasoline; Lead; Paint; Pathways; Soil; Sources; Urban

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; LEAD; PAINT;

CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; PICA; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0031967711     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106s1217     Document Type: Review

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