Concentrations of lead and mercury in multimedia samples from homes near the former Clark Air Base, Philippines

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 341, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 53-69

  Riederer, Anne M ^a,d   Shine, James P ^a   Danan, Lieza M ^b   Ford, Timothy E ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clark Air Base; Lead; Mercury; Philippines; Residential exposure concentrations

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DUST; MERCURY (METAL); MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; POTABLE WATER; SOILS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ENTRYWAY SOIL; HOMOGENIZATION; HOUSE DUST; MULTIMEDIA SAMPLES;

LEAD;

DRINKING WATER; LEAD; MERCURY;

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD; HOUSE DUST; MARKET; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17044389007     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.029     Document Type: Article

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