How safe is the playground? An environmental health risk assessment of As and Pb levels in school playing fields in NE England

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 343-351

  Elom, Nwabueze I ^a   Entwistle, Jane A ^a   Dean, John R ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Children; Health risk assessment; Lead; Oral bioaccessibility; Playground soils

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHILD; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; GUIDELINE VALUES; HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENTS; LEAD; ORAL BIOACCESSIBILITY; PLAYGROUND SOIL; PLAYING FIELDS; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS;

SOILS;

EID: 84888137641     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-013-0413-7     Document Type: Article

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