Manganese and lead in children's blood and airborne particulate matter in Durban, South Africa

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1058-1068

  Batterman, Stuart ^a   Su, Feng Chiao ^a   Jia, Chunrong ^b   Naidoo, Rajen N ^c   Robins, Thomas ^a   Naik, Inakshi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Children; Exposure; Lead; Manganese; Metals

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE METALS; AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; BEST FIT; BLOOD LEVELS; BLOOD SAMPLES; CHILDREN; DURBAN , SOUTH AFRICA; ELEVATED LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; EXTREME VALUE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MN CONCENTRATIONS; MOTOR FUELS; PB CONCENTRATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TREND ANALYSIS; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS;

AIR QUALITY; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS;

POLLUTION;

GASOLINE; LEAD; MANGANESE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; LEAD; MANGANESE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; TREND STUDY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MANGANESE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOUTH AFRICA; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

DURBAN; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78751702902     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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