The contribution of lead-contaminated house dust and residential soil to children's blood lead levels: A pooled analysis of 12 epidemiologic studies

Environmental Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-68

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^k   Matte, Thomas D ^a   Rogers, John ^b   Clickner, Robert P ^b   Dietz, Brian ^b   Bornschein, Robert L ^c   Succop, Paul ^c   Mahaffey, Kathryn R ^d   Dixon, Sherry ^e   Galke, Warren ^e   Rabinowitz, Michael ^f   Farfel, Mark ^g   Rohde, Charles ^h   Schwartz, Joel ⁱ   Ashley, Peter ^j   Jacobs, David E ^j  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e Natl Center for Lead Safe Housing   (United States)

^f MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j Urban Development Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control   (United States)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

Blood lead; Children; Environmental exposure; Lead exposure; Lead poisoning; Lead contaminated house dust; Prevention; Risk assessment; Soil; Standards

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

DUST; LEAD; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

AGE; ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0032190157     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3859     Document Type: Article

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