Nonlinear associations between blood lead in children, age of child, and quantity of soil lead in metropolitan New Orleans

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1211-1218

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

^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

Blood Pb; Economics of soil Pb reduction; Soil Pb

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEAD; CENSUS TRACTS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; MULTIPLICATIVE FACTORS; NEW ORLEANS; RANDOM EFFECTS; REGRESSION MODEL; REGULATORY STANDARDS;

BLOOD; ECONOMICS; LEAD; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

SOILS;

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD; LEAD; METROPOLITAN AREA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW ORLEANS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79851507928     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.11.036     Document Type: Article

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