Soil arsenic surveys of New Orleans: Localized hazards in children's play areas

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 431-440

  Mielke, Howard W ^a,b   Gonzales, Chris R ^c   Cahn, Elise ^d   Brumfield, Jessica ^c   Powell, Eric T ^e   Mielke Jr , Paul W ^f  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^d PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Lead Lab Inc   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Children; Portable XRF; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; METROPOLITAN AREA; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DANGEROUS GOODS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RECREATION; SANITATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

ARSENATES; ARSENIC; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; WOOD;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956757058     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9286-x     Document Type: Article

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