Applicability of a filter paper method to measure blood lead levels in large populations of Chinese children

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 328, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 99-104

  Shen, Xiao Ming ^a   Zhang, Yi Wen ^b   Wu, Sheng Hu ^a   Yan, Chong Huai ^a   Ying, Jie Min ^b   Li, Ren Qiu ^a  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Children; Filter paper; Screening

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PAPER; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENOUS BLOOD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037306068     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(02)00379-0     Document Type: Article

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