Childhood lead exposure in an industrial town in china: Coupling stable isotope ratios with bioaccessible lead

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5080-5087

  Li, Hong Bo ^a   Chen, Kai ^a   Juhasz, Albert L ^b   Huang, Lei ^a   Ma, Lena Q ^a,c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ISOTOPES; POTABLE WATER; VEGETABLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; ISOTOPE RATIO; LEAD EXPOSURE; PB CONCENTRATION; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS; STABLE ISOTOPES; STANDARD DEVIATION;

LEAD;

DRINKING WATER; LEAD; STABLE ISOTOPE; DUST; ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT;

CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INGESTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RICE; SOIL; VEGETABLE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; DUST; FOOD ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOXICITY;

CHINA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; MALE;

EID: 84928399215     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5060622     Document Type: Article

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