ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the results of a multielement analysis of data obtained during the Comprehensive Abatement Performance Pilot Study. The intention of this initial multielement data examination was to perform a series of analyses, to determine whether a more detailed analysis would be fruitful. Multielement analysis was obtained for most of the vacuum dust and soil core samples collected during the pilot study. The purpose of measuring the levels of these other metals in the samples was to cluster samples into groups that appear to have come from similar sources, with the ultimate goal of identifying prominent sources of lead found in household dust. The greatest variation in geometric means across sample types was observed for lead; the least was observed for chromium and titanium. Notice the somewhat parallel nature of these variations across sample types for the different elements, particularly between lead and zinc.
