Collateral benefits and hidden hazards of soil arsenic during abatement assessment of residential lead hazards

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-28

  Elless, M P ^a   Ferguson, B W ^a   Bray, C A ^a   Patch, S ^b   Mielke, H ^c   Blaylock, M J ^a  

^a Edenspace Systems Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Hazards; Lead; Residential; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERICS; HAZARDS; LEAD; METABOLITES; NONMETALS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; LEAD CONCENTRATIONS; LEAD-CONTAMINATED SOILS; RESIDENTIAL; RESIDENTIAL SOIL; SOIL; SOIL SAMPLES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; LEAD;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LEAD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 50449105705     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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