Heavy metals exposure of children from stairway and sidewalk dust in the smelting district, northeast of China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 3239-3245

  Zheng, Na ^a   Liu, Jingshuang ^a   Wang, Qichao ^a   Liang, Zhongzhu ^b  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Health risk; Sidewalk dust; Stairway dust; Zinc smelting

Indexed keywords

ALL-HAZARDS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; BACKGROUND VALUE; COMMON SOURCE; CU CONTENT; METAL ACCUMULATION; POTENTIAL HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SIDEWALK DUST; SOURCE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAIRWAY DUST; VEHICULAR TRAFFIC;

APARTMENT HOUSES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CADMIUM; COPPER; DUST CONTROL; HEALTH; LEAD; LEAD SMELTING; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PAVEMENTS; POLLUTION; ZINC; ZINC SMELTING;

HEALTH RISKS;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; CHILD HEALTH; DUST; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMELTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA; HULUDAO; LIAONING;

EID: 77954660961     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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