Human health risk from Pb in urban street dust in northern UK cities

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 209-218

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

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human risk assessment; ICP MS; Lead; Oral bioaccessibility; Urban street dust

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; AIR QUALITY; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CITY CENTERS; DAILY INTAKE; HISTORICAL BUILDINGS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT; ICP-MS; LEAD; MAJOR CITIES; ORAL BIOACCESSIBILITY; URBAN STREET DUSTS;

DUST;

EID: 84893985342     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-013-0436-0     Document Type: Article

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