New Orleans before and after hurricanes katrina/rita: A quasi-experiment of the association between soil lead and childrens blood lead

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4433-4440

  Zahran, Sammy ^a   Mielke, Howard W ^b,c   Gonzales, Christopher R ^d   Powell, Eric T ^d   Weiler, Stephan ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

^d Lead Lab Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; BLOOD LEAD; CANAL WALLS; CENSUS TRACTS; CHILDRENS; ENGINEERING FAILURES; FLOOD WATERS; HIGH DENSITY; KATRINA; NEW ORLEANS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SUPPORT POLICY; T-TESTS;

BLOOD; HURRICANES; SOILS; SURVEYS;

EXPERIMENTS;

LEAD;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH IMPACT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE RITA 2005; LEAD; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FLOOD TIDE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RATING SCALE; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CYCLONIC STORMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; NEW ORLEANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953523420     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100572s     Document Type: Article

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