Factors affecting lead and cadmium levels in house dust in industrial areas of eastern Germany

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 25-36

  Meyer, Ines ^a   Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Lippold, Ulrich ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Wasser Boden und Lufthygiene Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Eastern Germany; House dust; Lead

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DUST AND DUST RELATED PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CADMIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032792019     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00164-3     Document Type: Article

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