Factors affecting lead, cadmium, and arsenic levels in house dust in a smelter town in eastern Germany

Environmental Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-44

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

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Children; House dust; Lead

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

AIR QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SMELTING;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HOUSE DUST; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

GERMANY; HETTSTEDT; SAXONY-ANHALT;

EID: 0032994452     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3950     Document Type: Article

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