Environmental conditions in the Rudnaya River watershed - A compilation of Soviet and post-Soviet era sampling around a lead smelter in the Russian Far East

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 171-185

  Kachur, Anatoly N ^a   Arzhanova, Valentina S ^a   Yelpatyevsky, Pavel V ^a   Von Braun, Margrit C ^b   Von Lindern, Ian H ^c  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental sampling; Lead contamination; Russia

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; QUARRYING; SAMPLED DATA CONTROL SYSTEMS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER WATERSHEDS;

LEAD SMELTING;

ARSENIC; BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; METAL; RIVER WATER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER; ZINC;

HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; MINING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING; SMELTING;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHILD HEALTH; CLEANING; CROP; DUMPING; DUST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOREST; GOVERNMENT; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INGESTION; KINETICS; LEACHING; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; METHODOLOGY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMELTER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; STRESS; VEGETATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PLANTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIA; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0037441404     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00351-0     Document Type: Article

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