Elemental concentrations and metal bioaccessibility in UK household dust

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 371, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 74-81

  Turner, Andrew ^a   Simmonds, Lindsey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaccessibility; Elemental ratios; Household dust; Metals; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROCHLORIC ACID; METALS;

BIOACCESSIBILITY; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD DUSTS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS;

DUST;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CARBON; CHLORIDE; COPPER; HYDROGEN; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PEPSIN A; TIN; ZINC;

ACCESSIBILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HEAVY METAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSE DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING; METALS, HEAVY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750503759     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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