Comparison of indoor mercury vapor in common areas of residential buildings with outdoor levels in a community where mercury is used for cultural purposes

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-62

  Garetano, Gary ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^c,d   Stern, Alan H ^b,e  

^a Hudson Regional Health Commission   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural use of mercury; Elemental mercury; Indoor air quality; Mercury; Mercury exposure; Mercury vapor; Santeria; Voodoo

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BUILDING; CITY; COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARIBBEAN REGION; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MERCURY; NEW JERSEY;

EID: 30344457038     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8410     Document Type: Article

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