Multiple metal contamination from house paints: Consequences of power sanding and paint scraping in New Orleans

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 973-978

  Mielke, Howard W ^a,b   Powell, Eric T ^a   Shah, Aila ^b   Gonzales, Christopher R ^a   Mielke, Paul W ^c  

^a College of Pharmacy   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cd; Co; Comparison of paint and gasoline as Pb sources; Cr; Cu; Dust control; Dust wipe; Metal contents of old paint; Mn; Ni; Pb; Sanding old paint; Scraping paint; V; Zn

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GASOLINE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PAINT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DUST; FAMILY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAD POISONING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034769421     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109973     Document Type: Article

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