Urban geochemistry and human health

Elements

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 439-444

  Filippelli, Gabriel M ^a   Morrison, Deborah ^a   Cicchella, Domenico ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human health; Lead; Metals; Urban geochemistry

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; METALS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; POPULATION DENSITIES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN GEOCHEMISTRY; URBAN POPULATION;

HEALTH;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

EID: 84873867197     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.8.6.439     Document Type: Article

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