Northern Idaho house dust and soil lead levels compared to the Bunker Hill superfund site

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 57-72

  Spalinger, Susan M ^a   von Braun, Margrit C ^b   Petrosyan, Varduhi ^c   von Lindern, Ian H ^a  

^a TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Bunker Hill Superfund Site; House dust; Lead; Loading rate; Northern Idaho; Soil

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MINING; REMEDIATION; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION;

HOUSE DUST; LOADING RATES;

DUST;

LEAD;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; LEAD; MINING INDUSTRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SUPERFUND;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSE DUST; MINING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

CENSUSES; DUST; HAZARDOUS WASTE; IDAHO; LEAD; MINING; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249905618     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9450-z     Document Type: Article

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