Assessing managing exposure from arsenic in CCA-treated wood play structures

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 429-433

  Ursitti, Franca ^a   Vanderlinden, Loren ^a   Watson, Robert ^b   Campbell, Monica ^a  

^a TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b Economic Development Parks Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COPPER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD CARE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOOD;

EID: 9144232979     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403987     Document Type: Article

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