Surface dust wipes are the best predictors of blood leads in young children with elevated blood lead levels

Environmental Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-178

  Gulson, Brian ^a,b   Anderson, Phil ^c,d   Taylor, Alan ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood; Children; Environmental samples; Lead isotopes

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LEAD; PAINT;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; DRINKING WATER; DUST; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOTOPE; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL; WEATHERING;

BLOOD; CHILDREN; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES; LEAD ISOTOPES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRINKING WATER; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MALE; PAINT; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84885841671     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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