Spatial prediction of blood lead levels in children in Toledo, OH using fuzzy sets and the site-specific IEUBK model

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-129

  Stewart, Lauren R ^a   Farver, John R ^a   Gorsevski, Pece V ^a   Miner, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; EDUCATION; FUZZY SETS; HOUSING; LEAD; RURAL AREAS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BLOOD LEAD LEVEL (BLLS); CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROLS; PERCENT IMPERVIOUS SURFACES; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SPATIAL PREDICTION; WEIGHTED LINEAR COMBINATIONS;

INDUSTRIAL POISONS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE; URBAN AREA;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; TOLEDO [BELIZE];

EID: 84898825253     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: 18729134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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