Lead and other heavy metals in dust fall from single-family housing demolition

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 454-462

  Jacobs, David E ^a,b   Cali, Salvatore ^a   Welch, Alison ^a   Catalin, Bogdan ^a   Dixon, Sherry L ^b   Evens, Anne ^a   Mucha, Amy P ^a   Vahl, Nicole ^c   Erdal, Serap ^a   Bartlett, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b National Center for Healthy Housing   (United States)

^c CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Metropolitan Tenants Organization   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DEMOLITION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MODEL; PERIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84887322681     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491312800605     Document Type: Article

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