Home sweet home? A case study of household dust contamination in Hong Kong

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 256, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 115-123

  Tong, Susanna T Y ^a   Lam, Kin Che ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Heavy metal pollution; Household dust contamination; Lead poisoning

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD; LEAD POISONING; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; HOUSING; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MOTOR VEHICLES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VENTILATION;

EID: 0034632181     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00471-X     Document Type: Article

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