Lead exposure assessment from study near a lead-acid battery factory in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 429, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-198

  Chen, Laiguo ^a   Xu, Zhencheng ^a   Liu, Ming ^a   Huang, Yumei ^a   Fan, Ruifang ^b   Su, Yanhua ^a   Hu, Guocheng ^a   Peng, Xiaowu ^a   Peng, Xiaochun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Exposure; Lead; Lead acid battery; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEAD; BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; BODY WEIGHT; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN BLOODS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; LEAD EXPOSURE; LEAD POLLUTION; POLLUTED AREA; PRODUCTION SITES; TREE LEAVES; WASTE DISCHARGES;

BLOOD; DUST; LEAD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL RESISTANCE;

LEAD; LEAD ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDIMENT; SOIL; TREE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFANT; LEAD; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 84862267404     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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