Screening for lead poisoning in urban school children of Southern India using capillary and venous blood samples

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-4

  D'Souza, Herman S ^a   Menezes, Geraldine ^a   Venkatesh, T ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anodic stripping voltammetry; Haematofluorometer; ZPP

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041404257     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02867932     Document Type: Article

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