Environmental lead exposure risks associated with children's outdoor playgrounds

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 178, Issue , 2013, Pages 447-454

  Taylor, Mark Patrick ^a   Camenzuli, Danielle ^a   Kristensen, Louise Jane ^a   Forbes, Miriam ^a   Zahran, Sammy ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

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

Author keywords

Air; Arsenic; Cadmium; Children; Dust; Exposure risks; Lead; Playground; Soil

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; HAND WIPES; LEAD EXPOSURE; LEAD SMELTERS; METAL VALUES; PLAYGROUND; SMELTER EMISSIONS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AIR; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DUST; LEAD; LEAD SMELTING; SOILS;

PUBLIC RISKS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CADMIUM; CHILD HEALTH; DUST; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; POISONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; METALLURGY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; PORT PIRIE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84876964953     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.054     Document Type: Article

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