Tibia lead levels and methodological uncertainty in 12-year-old children

Environmental Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 60-65

  Todd, A C ^a   Buchanan, R ^a   Carroll, S ^a   Moshier, E L ^a   Popovac, D ^b   Slavkovich, V ^c   Graziano, J H ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRI TINA   (Serbia)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Lead; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; TIBIA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0035006952     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2001.4251     Document Type: Article

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