Calculating the uncertainty in lead concentration for in vivo bone lead x-ray fluorescence

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2033-2039

  Todd, Andrew C ^a   Chettle, David R ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FLUORESCENCE; LEAD; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

LEAD CONCENTRATION;

BONE;

CADMIUM 109; LEAD;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE LEVEL; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEAD POISONING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BONE AND BONES; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEAD; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 0038106609     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/13/314     Document Type: Article

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