Determining the relative importance of soil sample locations to predict risk of child lead exposure

Environment International

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-14

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

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

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

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Wayne State University   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Lead; Lead poisoning; Risk prediction; Soil lead; Soil location

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FORECASTING; HOUSING; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; LEAD; PAINTING; SAMPLING; SOIL SURVEYS;

BLOOD LEAD; BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; FOUNDATION SOILS; LEAD-BASED PAINTS; QUANTILE REGRESSION; RISK OF EXPOSURES; RISK PREDICTIONS; URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD;

SOILS;

LEAD;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHANGE; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD LEAD; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; RISK PREDICTION; SOIL LEAD; SOIL LOCATION;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84883256773     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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