The urban environment and children's health: Soils as an integrator of lead, zinc, and cadmium in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Environmental Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-129

  Mielke, H W ^a   Gonzales, C R ^a   Smith, M K ^a   Mielke, P W ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Lead poisoning; Urban geochemistry; Urban soil Pb map; Zn and Cd phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; ZINC;

CHILD HEALTH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0032838186     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.3966     Document Type: Article

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