Lead Analysis of House Dust: A Method for the Detection of Another Source of Lead Exposure in Inner City Children | Zendy

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Lead Analysis of House Dust: A Method for the Detection of Another Source of Lead Exposure in Inner City Children

Author(s) -

Jaroslav J. Vostal,

Ellen Taves,

James W. Sayre,

Evan Charney

Publication year - 1974

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.2307/3428000

Subject(s) - lead (geology) , inner city , lead exposure , environmental health , lead poisoning , lead pollution , population , environmental science , medicine , biology , pollution , ecology , environmental planning , cats , paleontology , psychiatry

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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