Environmental and health disparities in residential communities of New Orleans: The need for soil lead intervention to advance primary prevention

Urban environments are the major sites for human habitation and this study evaluates soil lead (Pb) and blood Pb at the community scale of a U.S. city. There is no safe level of Pb exposure for humans and novel primary Pb prevention strategies are requisite to mitigate children's Pb exposure an...

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Main Authors: Howard W. Mielke, Christopher R. Gonzales, Eric T. Powell, Paul W. Mielke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412012002371