Environmental and health disparities in residential communities of New Orleans: The need for soil lead intervention to advance primary prevention

Environment International

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-81

  Mielke, Howard W ^a,b   Gonzales, Christopher R ^c   Powell, Eric T ^c   Mielke, Paul W ^d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c Lead Lab Inc   (United States)

^d Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environments; Lead mapping; Lead sources; Primary lead exposure prevention; Remediation; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HURRICANES; LEAD; REMEDIATION; SOILS; SURVEYS; URBAN PLANNING;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CENSUS TRACTS; DEPOSITION CHARACTERISTICS; EXPOSURE DATA; HUMAN HABITATION; HURRICANE KATRINA; KATRINA; LEAD EXPOSURE; LOUISIANA; MAJOR CITIES; NEW ORLEANS; P-VALUES; PB CONCENTRATION; PB CONTAMINATION; REANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES; SOIL SAMPLE; SPACE LOCATION; SPECIFIC LOCATION; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

LEAD;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; MAPPING; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PREVENTION PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LEAD DEPOSITION; LEAD POISONING; NEIGHBORHOOD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SAFETY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL LEAD INTERVENTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870166453     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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