Geographic patterns of non-carpeted floor dust loading in Syracuse, New York (USA) homes

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-363

  Johnson, D L ^a   Hunt, A ^b   Griffith, D A ^c   Hager, J M ^a   Brooks, J ^a   StellaLevinsohn, H ^a   Lanciki, A ^a   Lucci, R ^a   Prokhorova, D ^a   Blount, S L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Upstate New York Specialist Environmental Consulting (UNYSPEC)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic correlates; Dust loading; House dust; Spatial patterns; Wipe samples

Indexed keywords

DUST; FLOOR; GIS; MAPPING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; HOUSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING; HUMANS; NEW YORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SYRACUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349099869     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-008-9175-8     Document Type: Article

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