Lead (Pb) legacy from vehicle traffic in eight California urbanized areas: Continuing influence of lead dust on children's health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3965-3975

  Mielke, Howard W ^a,b   Laidlaw, Mark A S ^c   Gonzales, Chris ^d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Lead Lab Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead policy; Leaded gasoline; Precautionary approach; Primary lead prevention; Soil lead; Urban geochemistry; Urban lead mapping

Indexed keywords

LEADED GASOLINE; PRECAUTIONARY APPROACH; PRIMARY LEAD PREVENTION; URBAN GEOCHEMISTRY; URBAN LEAD MAPPING;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FUEL ADDITIVES; GASOLINE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAPPING; SOILS; STEEL METALLURGY; VEHICLES;

LEAD;

GASOLINE; LEAD;

CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAPPING METHOD; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AEROSOL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DISPERSION; DUST EXPOSURE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CITIES; DUST; HUMANS; LEAD; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954624166     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.05.017     Document Type: Review

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