Selective soil particle adherence to hands: Implications for understanding oral exposure to soil contaminants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 12759-12771

  Ruby, Michael V ^a   Lowney, Yvette W ^b  

^a Integral Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCESSIBILITY; BIOAVAILABILITY STUDY; DISTRIBUTION OF CONTAMINANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN HANDS; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; ORAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); RESEARCH GROUPS; SOIL CONTAMINANTS; SOIL FRACTIONS; SOIL PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL PARTICLES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOILS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ORAL HEALTH; PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HAND; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MOUTH; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84870569258     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302473q     Document Type: Review

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