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Lead from dust and water as exposure sources for children

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Data from the Edinburgh Lead Study are used to estimate the respective contributions of water and dust lead to blood lead in 6–9 year old children. Both sources are significantly related to blood lead. An exposure of 100 μg/l in kitchen cold water is estimated to be equivalent to 2700 μg/g of lead in dust. In this population water is a more important source of lead than dust for the bulk of the population.

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  1. Duncan P. H. Laxen

    Present address: London Scientific Services, County Hall, SE1 7PB, London

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  1. Medical Statistics Unit, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG, Edinburgh

    Gillian M. Raab

  2. Department of Geology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, EH9 3JW, Edinburgh

    Duncan P. H. Laxen

  3. Department of Community Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, EH8 9AG, Edinburgh

    Mary Fulton

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This paper is also being published in Proceedings of the Conference on “Lead in the Home Environment” and is one of several selected from SEGH sponsored conferences for simultaneous publication in this journal.

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Raab, G.M., Laxen, D.P.H. & Fulton, M. Lead from dust and water as exposure sources for children. Environ Geochem Health 9, 80–85 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02057280

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