Overview of lead remediation effectiveness

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Elias, Robert W ^a   Gulson, Brian ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood; Environmental samples; Lead; Mining; Remediation; Smelting

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LEAD; REMEDIATION;

LEAD REMEDIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

LEAD;

LEAD; MINING; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMEDIATION; SMELTING;

COMMUNITY; DUST; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MINING; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0037441496     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00361-3     Document Type: Article

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