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Lead Analysis of the House Dust: A Method for the Detection of Another Source of Lead Exposure in Inner City Children
A method has been developed to test the hypothesis that lead-containing house dust is responsible for the elevated levels of lead in blood of inner city children. Dust analyses of smears from the floors, walls, and windowsills in low-income inner city dwellings have shown a median concentration of l...
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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1974
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475114/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4831153 |
Sumario: | A method has been developed to test the hypothesis that lead-containing house dust is responsible for the elevated levels of lead in blood of inner city children. Dust analyses of smears from the floors, walls, and windowsills in low-income inner city dwellings have shown a median concentration of lead five times as high in suburban homes. It is suggested that lead-containing dust may be one of the most important environmental sources of increased lead exposure in this specific population group. |
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