title: Petrol lead in a small island environment.
abstract: The Maltese population has been repeatedly shown to have high mean blood lead levels irrespective of age. This study confirms that these higher levels also occur in Maltese children. A definite correlation is shown between high blood lead levels and the environment of the subjects studied, being statistically higher in individuals living on the urbanized larger island. A statistical correlation has been shown between hand-wipe specimens taken from children playing in a playground and the traffic density of the area. A similar statistical correlation between playground, street and household dust to traffic density has also been identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, Malta Medical School, Gwardamangia, Malta, Tel.: 0356 223 035/221 019/239 783; Fax: 0356 235 638.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sammut
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Savona-Ventura