Losses to the environment from the multilevel cycle of anthropogenic lead

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2670-2677

  Mao, J S ^a   Cao, J ^b   Graedel, T E ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammunition; Fishing weights; Lead toxicity; Roof cladding

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; END-USE; FISHING WEIGHTS; IRELAND; LANDFILLING; LEAD LOSS; LUXEMBOURG; MULTI-LEVEL; PER CAPITA; ROOF CLADDING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMMUNITION; FISHERIES; ROOFS; SLAGS; TOXICITY;

PROJECTILES;

LEAD;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONTAMINATED LAND; DISSIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LANDFILL; LEAD; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAPITAL; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIBERNATION; IRELAND; LANDFILL; LUXEMBOURG; POLLUTION; SLAG; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BELGIUM; BENELUX; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; IRELAND; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67849124175     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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