Relationship of ascorbic acid to blood lead levels

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 2289-2293

  Simon, Joel A ^a,b   Hudes, Esther S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032999367     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.24.2289     Document Type: Article

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