caa a22 4500 477094260 CHVBK 20180405111523.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01771289 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01771289 Lead in a residential environment in Jamaica [Elektronische Daten] [B. Anglin-Brown, A. Armour-Brown, G. Lalor, J. Preston, M. Vutchkov] The background levels of lead in Jamaica in soils and sediments, estimated at 37 mg kg−1, are relatively high compared with world averages. Several areas have values in excess of this due to mineralisation and pollution. One such is the residential Hope Flats/Kintyre area in which levels of lead up to 2.5% are found in the soils and up to 8 μg kg−1 in the water of the nearby Hope River. The blood lead levels of a sample of children were in the range 5.7-57 μg dl−1. The high lead levels suggest a potential health risk, particularly for the children. This can be minimised by programmes which include community education, case management and abatement to reduce the lead exposure. Chapman & Hall, 1996 Lead nationallicence soil nationallicence toxicity nationallicence blood lead nationallicence haemoglobin nationallicence Anglin-Brown B. Centre for Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica aut Armour-Brown A. Centre for Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica aut Lalor G. Centre for Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica aut Preston J. Centre for Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica aut Vutchkov M. Centre for Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica aut Environmental Geochemistry and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/3(1996-09-01), 129-133 0269-4042 18:3<129 1996 18 10653 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01771289 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01771289 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Anglin-Brown B. Centre for Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Armour-Brown A. Centre for Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lalor G. Centre for Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Preston J. Centre for Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vutchkov M. Centre for Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Geochemistry and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers 18/3(1996-09-01), 129-133 0269-4042 18:3<129 1996 18 10653 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer