Screening children exposed to lead: An assessment of the capillary blood lead fingerstick test

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 302-311

  Parsons, Patrick J ^a,b   Reilly, Andrew A ^a,b   Esernio Jenssen, Debra ^c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NEWBORN; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0031013589     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.2.302     Document Type: Article

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