Development and application of an inhalation bioaccessibility method (IBM) for lead in the PM10 size fraction of soil

Environment International

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-142

  Boisa, Ndokiari ^a,c   Elom, Nwabueze ^a   Dean, John R ^a   Deary, Michael E ^a   Bird, Graham ^b   Entwistle, Jane A ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Human health; Inhalation bioaccessibility; Lead; Soils

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTING; SOILS; URBAN GROWTH;

BIOACCESSIBILITY; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; EXTRACELLULAR ENVIRONMENTS; HUMAN HEALTH; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLES; MICROWAVE ACID DIGESTION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

POLLUTION;

LEAD;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; MINE WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCESSIBILITY METHOD; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG FLUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

HUMAN HEALTH; INHALATION BIOACCESSIBILITY; LEAD; PM(10); SOILS;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KOSOVO; LEAD; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902258228     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.05.021     Document Type: Article

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