Preliminary studies on combining the K and L XRF methods for in vivo bone lead measurement

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 893-904

  Hoon Lee, Sang ^a   P Gardner, Robin ^a   C Todd, Andrew ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined K and L X rays; In vivo XRF lead in bone measurement; XRF lead in bone measurement

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM 109; GERMANIUM; LEAD; LITHIUM; SELENIUM;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BONE LEVEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEAD POISONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIBIA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 0035131782     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00350-X     Document Type: Article

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