Zinc-protoporphyrin determination as a screening test for lead-exposure in childhood

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-292

  Sole E ^a   Ballabriga, A ^b   Dominguez, C ^c  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PROTOPORPHYRINS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0033842965     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280000126     Document Type: Article

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