Lead dust in Broken Hill homes - A potential hazard for young children?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-207

  Boreland, F ^a   Lyle, D M ^a   Wlodarczyk, J ^b   Balding, W A ^c   Reddan, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b John Wlodarczyk Consulting Services   (Australia)

^c Far West Area Health Service   (Australia)

^d Dubbo Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DATA ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MINING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LINEAR MODELS; MINING; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0036450570     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00674.x     Document Type: Article

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