Mercury vapor in residential building common areas in communities where mercury is used for cultural purposes versus a reference community

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 397, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 131-139

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

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

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

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORESCENT LAMPS; THERMOMETERS; THERMOSTATS;

CULTURAL USE OF MERCURY; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; MERCURY EXPOSURE; MERCURY VAPOR;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CARIBBEAN REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MERCURY; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 43049175017     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.034     Document Type: Article

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