An assessment of the effectiveness of lead pollution reduction strategies in North Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 125-138

  Morrison, Anthony L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Remediation effectiveness; Smelter emissionslead pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BLOOD; DUST; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; SMELTING; SOILS;

SMELTER EMISSIONS;

LEAD;

LAKE WATER; LEAD; METAL;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; LEAD; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REMEDIATION; SMELTING;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHILDHOOD; COMMUNITY; DUST; GOVERNMENT; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LAKE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OPERATOR; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL; SMELTER; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DUST; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; METALLURGY; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037441542     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00353-4     Document Type: Article

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