Use of endogenous, stable lead isotopes to determine release of lead from the skeleton

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-66

  Smith, Donald R ^a,b   Osterloh, John D ^b   Russell Flegal, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead; Skeleton; Stable isotopes; Tracers

Indexed keywords

LEAD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BONE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0030059362     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9610460     Document Type: Article

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