This review shows the equal or greater importance of leaded gasoline-contaminated dust
compared to lead-based paint to the child lead problem, and that soil lead, resulting from …

Summary Lead (Pb2+), a heavy metal, has been used by humans for many technological
purposes, which is the main reason for its present widespread distribution. Although various …

The idea for this book came from the time the authors spent at the Statistics and Applied
Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina …

" One of those rare books that's both sweeping and specific, scholarly and readable… What
makes the book stand out is its wealth of historical detail."—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New …

The introduction of permutation tests by RA Fisher relaxed the paramet ric structure
requirement of a test statistic. For example, the structure of the test statistic is no longer …

Soils are evaluated as a diagnostic tool of environmental conditions that influence health.
The samples for this study are urban topsoil (0–2.5 cm depth) samples (n= 4026) analyzed …

We investigated the effects of land use and cover and surface geology on soil properties in
Baltimore, MD, with the objectives to:(i) measure the physical and chemical properties of …

Environmental health researchers, sociologists, policy-makers, and activists concerned
about environmental justice argue that communities of color who are segregated in …

Urban soils provide an array of ecosystem services to inhabitants of cities and towns.
Urbanization affects soils and their capacity to provide ecosystem services directly through …

Lead (Pb) is extremely toxic and a major cause of chronic diseases worldwide. Pb is
associated with health disparities, particularly within low-income populations. In biological …