Evaluation of vacutainer plus low lead tubes for blood lead and erythrocyte protoporphyrin testing

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 148-150

  Esernio Jenssen, Debra ^a,d   Bush, Valerie ^b   Parsons, Patrick J ^c  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BD Technologies   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING;

EID: 0032957495     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.1.148     Document Type: Article

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