Tijuana childhood lead risk assessment revisited: Validating a GIS model with environmental data

Environmental Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 559-565

  Gonzalez, Elisabeth J ^a   Pham, Patrick G ^b   Ericson, Jonathon E ^b   Baker, Dean B ^b  

^a Orange County Health Care Agency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; GIS; Model validation; Risk management; Soil lead; Tijuana, Mexico; Urban

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

POINT-SOURCE EMISSIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

LEAD; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CHILD HEALTH; GIS; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD STORAGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MEXICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOIL POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

MEXICO;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MEXICO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036528160     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-001-0007-1     Document Type: Article

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