The adequacy of capillary specimens for determining whole blood lead

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-184

  Johnson, Nathan H ^a   Ash, K Owen ^b   Nuttall, Kern L ^b   Ashwood, Edward R ^b  

^a KEESLER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; CONTAMINATION; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0030970873     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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