Linking source and effect: Resuspended soil lead, air lead, and children's blood lead levels in Detroit, Michigan

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2839-2845

  Zahran, Sammy ^a,b   Laidlaw, Mark A S ^c   McElmurry, Shawn P ^d   Filippelli, Gabriel M ^e   Taylor, Mark ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Wayne State University   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BLOOD LEAD LEVEL (BLLS); BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; MULTIPLICATIVE FACTORS; PB-CONTAMINATED SOIL; RE-SUSPENSION; RESUSPENDED SOIL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BLOOD; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

LEAD;

LEAD;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; MICHIGAN; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875294384     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303854c     Document Type: Article

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