Spatial relationships between lead sources and children's blood lead levels in the urban center of Indianapolis (USA)

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-183

  Morrison, Deborah ^a   Lin, Qing ^a   Wiehe, Sarah ^a   Liu, Gilbert ^a   Rosenman, Marc ^a   Fuller, Trevor ^b   Wang, Jane ^c   Filippelli, Gabriel ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental health; Health; Lead; Soil

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLACK POPULATION; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; CHEMISTRY; CITY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CENSUSES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

INDIANA; INDIANAPOLIS; MARION COUNTY [INDIANA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874573528     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-012-9474-y     Document Type: Article

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