title: Lead analysis of house dust: a method for the detection of another source of lead exposure in inner city children.
abstract: A method has been developed to test the hypothesis that lead-containing house dust is responsible for the elevated levels of lead in blood of inner city children. Dust analyses of smears from the floors, walls, and windowsills in low-income inner city dwellings have shown a median concentration of lead five times as high in suburban homes. It is suggested that lead-containing dust may be one of the most important environmental sources of increased lead exposure in this specific population group.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006225:Hand; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000209:etiology; D010150:Paint; D011048:Polarography; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D004391:Dust; D007854:Lead