Nonlinear association between soil lead and blood lead of children in metropolitan New Orleans, Louisiana: 2000-2005

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 388, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 43-53

  Mielke, Howard W ^a   Gonzales, Chris R ^a   Powell, Eric ^a   Jartun, Morten ^b   Mielke Jr , Paul W ^c  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood lead exposure; Environmental justice; Health disparity; Urban soil lead remediation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHILDHOOD LEAD EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HEALTH DISPARITY; URBAN SOIL LEAD REMEDIATION;

LEAD;

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LOUISIANA; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37849007518     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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