caa a22 4500 477094201 CHVBK 20180405111523.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01757218 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01757218 Environmental health in minority and other underserved populations: Benign methods for identifying lead hazards at day care centres of New Orleans [Elektronische Daten] [L. Viverette, H. Mielke, M. Brisco, A. Dixon, J. Schaefer, K. Pierre] This study tests the hypothesis that exterior sources of lead dust are more important than interior sources in the route of exposure of children. Benign field methods were used to distinguish between potential and actual lead exposure problems. Utilising hand wipe and surface wipe techniques, hand and environmental samples were obtained from selected day care centres at different locations within New Orleans. Previous research has shown that soil lead is determined by location within the city. Private and public day care centres were selected from inner and outer city areas to estimate the extent of hand lead exposure. To measure and identify the extent of environmental lead exposure, hand wipes were taken before and after playing outdoors. Results of preliminary findings show that outdoor lead dust is a more potent contaminant of hands than indoor lead dust. An association was found between the amount of lead on children's hands after playing outdoors and the lead content in the exterior dust and soil. Although two girls out of forty children had exceptionally high hand lead quantities after playing outdoors, in general, boys have higher hand lead levels than girls. The private inner-city day care centre had a severe contamination problem in its outdoor play area. By contrast, the outdoor play area of the public inner city day care centre is of such a high quality that the quantity of lead dust is independent of location in the city. Chapman & Hall, 1996 lead dust nationallicence soil lead nationallicence hand lead nationallicence urban lead hazards nationallicence environmental health nationallicence primary lead prevention nationallicence Viverette L. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut Mielke H. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut Brisco M. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut Dixon A. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut Schaefer J. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut Pierre K. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut Environmental Geochemistry and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/1(1996-03-01), 41-45 0269-4042 18:1<41 1996 18 10653 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01757218 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01757218 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Viverette L. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mielke H. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brisco M. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dixon A. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schaefer J. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pierre K. Xavier Institute of Bioenvironmental Toxicology, Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, 70125, New Orleans, LA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Geochemistry and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/1(1996-03-01), 41-45 0269-4042 18:1<41 1996 18 10653 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer