Initial results for urban metal distributions in house dusts of Syracuse, New York, USA

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL.1, 2005, Pages 92-99

  Johnson, D L ^a   Hager, J ^a   Hunt, A ^b   Griffith, D A ^c,d   Blount, S ^a   Ellsworth, S ^a   Hintz, J ^a   Lucci, R ^a   Mittiga, A ^e   Prokhorova, D ^a   Tidd, L ^a   Millones, M M ^c,d   Vincent, M ^c,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Upstate New York Specialist Environmental Consulting   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust Pb concentration; Floor dust loading; GIS; Humidity corrections; Wipe tests

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; NEW YORK; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 24344437742     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04yc0130     Document Type: Article

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