EVOLUTION OF EFFICIENT METHODS TO SAMPLE LEAD SOURCES, SUCH AS HOUSE DUST AND HAND DUST, IN THE HOMES OF CHILDREN
EVOLUTION OF EFFICIENT METHODS TO SAMPLE LEAD SOURCES, SUCH AS HOUSE DUST AND HAND DUST, IN THE HOMES OF CHILDREN
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DOI:
10.1016/0013-9351(85)90074-x
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
HAMMOND, PB
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作者:
HEE, SSQ;PEACE, B;HAMMOND, PB
Efficient sampling methods to recover lead-containing house dust and hand dust have been evolved so that sufficient lead is collected for analysis, and to ensure that correlational analyses linking these two parameters to blood lead are not dependent on the efficiency of sampling. Precise collection of loose house dust from a 1-unit area (484 cm2) with a Tygon or stainless steel sampling tube connected to a portable sampling pump (1.2 to 2.5 liters/min) required repetitive sampling (three times). The Tygon tube sampling technique for loose house dust <177 μm in diameter was around 72% efficient with respect to dust weight and lead collection. A representative house dust contained 81% of its total weight in this fraction. A single handwipe for applied loose hand dust was not acceptably efficient or precise, and at least three wipes were necessary to achieve recoveries of >80% of the lead applied. House dusts of different particle sizes <246 μm adhered equally well to hands. Analysis of lead-containing material usually required at least three digestions/decantations using hot plate or microwave techniques to allow at least 90% of the lead to be recovered. It was recommended that other investigators validate their handwiping, house dust sampling, and digestion techniques to facilitate comparison of results across studies. The final methodology for the Cincinnati longitudinal study was three sampling passes for surface dust using a stainless steel sampling tube; three microwave digestions/decantations for analysis of dust and paint; and three wipes with handwipes with one digestion/decantation for the analysis of six handwipes together.