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Lead concentrations in inner-city soils as a factor in the child lead problem.
Abstract
Soil samples were randomly collected from 422 vegetable gardens in a study area centered in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, and having a radius of 48.28 km (30 miles). The levels of lead, four other metals (cadmium, copper, nickel, and zinc), and pH were measured for each location. The application of multi-response permutation procedures, which are compatible with mapping techniques, reveals that lead (as well as cadmium, copper, nickel, and zinc) is concentrated and ubiquitous within the soils of the inner-city area of Metropolitan Baltimore. The probability values that the concentration of metals occurred by chance alone vary from about 10(-15) to 10(-23) depending on the metal considered. Our findings pose environmental and public health issues, especially to children living within the inner-city.
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- Authors
- Mielke, H. W., Anderson, J. C., Berry, K. J., Mielke, P. W., Chaney, R. L., & Leech, M.
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 1983-12
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- 73
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1366-1369
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
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- W1979909894
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- 273
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 10.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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