Lead in soil and sediment in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, and links with human health

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-339

  Peramaki, Liisa A ^a   Decker, Jody F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioavailable; Lead; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TOXICITY;

BIOAVAILABLE LEAD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

LEAD;

LEAD;

HEALTH RISK; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0033937984     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006253529308     Document Type: Article

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