Lead in playground dust and on the hands of schoolchildren

Duggan, MJ; Inskip, MJ; Rundle, SA; Moorcroft, JS

HERO ID

56783

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

1985

Language

English

PMID

4023696

HERO ID 56783
In Press No
Year 1985
Title Lead in playground dust and on the hands of schoolchildren
Authors Duggan, MJ; Inskip, MJ; Rundle, SA; Moorcroft, JS
Journal Science of the Total Environment
Volume 44
Issue 1
Page Numbers 65-79
Abstract Measurements of the quantity of lead on the hands of schoolchildren and of the concentration of lead in dust from school playgrounds have been carried out; the hand-lead was collected by wiping with a moist tissue. When hand-lead and dust-lead values were averaged for each school, a statistically significant relationship between the two sets of means was obtained. Some limited measurements of size distribution of the dust particles on the children's wipes were also made; these indicated that most of the particles were less than 10μm in diameter.
Doi 10.1016/0048-9697(85)90051-8
Pmid 4023696
Wosid WOS:A1985ALN8100005
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Language Text English