Metal sources and exposures in the homes of young children living near a mining-impacted Superfund site

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 495-505

  Zota, Ami R ^a,b   Schaider, Laurel A ^a   Ettinger, Adrienne S ^a,c   Wright, Robert O ^a,d,e   Shine, James P ^a   Spengler, John D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

house dust; indoor air pollution; metals; mine waste; residential exposures; Tar Creek Superfund Site

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MINING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFANT; METALS; MINING; OKLAHOMA; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052073287     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2011.21     Document Type: Article

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