Evaluation of home lead remediation in an Australian mining community

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-208

  Boreland, F ^a   Lesjak, M ^a   Lyle, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broken Hill; Children's blood lead levels; Home remediation; Lead abatement; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; BROKEN HILLS; CHILDREN'S BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; HOME REMEDIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BLOOD;

POLLUTION;

LEAD;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; LEAD; MINING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOREMEDIATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MINING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; NEW SOUTH WALES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 71749100607     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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