Soil lead (Pb) in residential transects through Lubbock, Texas: A preliminary assessment

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-547

  Brown, Ray W ^a   Gonzales, Chris ^b   Hooper, Michael J ^a   Bayat, Andrew C ^c   Fornerette, Ashley M ^b   McBride, Tobias J ^a   Longoria, Thomas ^a   Mielke, Howard W ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^c AUSTIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood lead exposure; Geospatial soil contamination; Medical geology; Urban lead (Pb) concentrations

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LEAD; MEDICAL GEOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

CITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEXAS;

LUBBOCK; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55649095106     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-008-9180-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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