Environmental lead after Hurricane Katrina: Implications for future populations

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-184

  Rabito, Felicia A ^a   Iqbal, Shahed ^a   Perry, Sara ^a   Arroyave, Whitney ^a   Rice, Janet C ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's health; Environmental exposures; Housing; Lead exposure; Soil pollutants

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLONIC STORMS; DUST; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEAD; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW ORLEANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84856726621     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103774     Document Type: Article

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