Determinants of manganese levels in house dust samples from the CHAMACOS cohort

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 360-368

  Gunier, R B ^a   Jerrett, M ^a   Smith, D R ^b   Jursa, T ^b   Yousefi, P ^a   Camacho, J ^a   Hubbard, A ^a   Eskenazi, B ^a   Bradman, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure science; GIS; House dust; Manganese; Metals; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DUST; FUNGICIDES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; METALS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PESTICIDES; SOILS;

DUST CONCENTRATIONS; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; EXPOSURE SCIENCE; HOUSE DUST; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MULTI-VARIABLE MODELS; SALINAS VALLEY , CALIFORNIA;

MANGANESE;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; FUNGICIDE; LEAD; MANGANESE; DUST;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FUNGICIDE; GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MANGANESE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SATELLITE DATA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOAM SOIL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CALIFORNIA; SALINAS [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CALIFORNIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MANGANESE;

EID: 84906710220     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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