Artificial Christmas trees: How real are the lead exposure risks?

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 20-24

  Maas, Richard P ^a   Patch, Steven C ^b   Pandolfo, Tamara J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PLASTIC; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; STABILIZING AGENT;

HEALTH RISK; LEAD; PLASTIC; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CONTAMINATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HAND; HAND CONTACT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEAD DUST; LEAD TRANSFER; MATERIALS TESTING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; PLANT LEAVES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREES; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES ALBA;

EID: 9244264965     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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