1.
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol
; 89(3): 572-6, 2012 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22744224
ABSTRACT
Arsenic (As) and lead (Pb) were determined in hair of 12 adult women and 27 children living in a soil-metal contaminated community in Puerto Rico. Average concentrations in residential soils ranged from 24 to 109 µg/g for As and from 42 to 1,585 µg/g for Pb. For hair-As, about 75% of the samples were below 0.08 µg/g. Hair-Pb presented levels of health concern, with 10% of the samples above a reference value of 5 µg/g, indicating significant exposure to Pb. Multivariate analyses revealed that children's Pb hair levels were predicted by age and sex, while consumption of home-grown animals influenced the association with soil-Pb.
Subject(s)
Arsenic/analysis , Hair/chemistry , Lead/analysis , Refuse Disposal , Adult , Child , Female , Humans , Multivariate Analysis , Puerto Rico
2.
San Juan, P.R; U.P.R., R.C.M., Escuela Graduada de Salud P£blica, Departamento de Salud Ambiental; 2009. xvi, 89 p gr ficas, tablas.
Thesis
| Puerto Rico
| ID: por-49929