Assessment of children's exposure to arsenic from CCA-wood staircases at apartment complexes in Florida

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 476-477, Issue , 2014, Pages 440-446

  Gress, Julia Ky ^a   Lessl, Jason T ^a,b   Dong, Xiaoling ^a   Ma, Lena Q ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaccessible; Chromated copper arsenate; Dislodgeable arsenic; Lifetime average daily dose; SHEDS Wood model

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; ARSENIC; ESTIMATION; RISK PERCEPTION; STAIRS; WOOD PRESERVATION;

APARTMENT COMPLEXES; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; BIOACCESSIBLE; CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE; EXPOSURE MODELING; LIFETIME AVERAGE DAILY DOSE; MEASUREMENTS OF; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ARSENIC; CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOOD PROTECTING AGENT;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEACHING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BIOACCESSIBLE; CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE; DISLODGEABLE ARSENIC; LIFETIME AVERAGE DAILY DOSE; SHEDS-WOOD MODEL;

ARSENATES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLORIDA; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; WOOD;

EID: 84893373038     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.018     Document Type: Article

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