Lead content of dried films of domestic paints currently sold in Nigeria

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 388, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 116-120

  Adebamowo, Eugenious O ^a   Scott Clark, C ^c   Roda, Sandy ^c   Agbede, Oluwole A ^a   Sridhar, Mynepalli K C ^a   Adebamowo, Clement A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dried paint film; Lead; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FLAME RETARDANTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAINT; RISK ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

DOMESTIC PAINT; LEAD LEVELS; RISK OF EXPOSURE;

LEAD;

LEAD; PAINT;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHILD HEALTH; COLOR; COMMODITY; HEALTH RISK; LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSING; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LEAD; NIGERIA; PAINT;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 38049046754     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.061     Document Type: Article

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