Stability of blood lead levels in stored specimens: Effects of storage time and temperature

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 211-214

  Yang, Tsan ^a   Sun, Chien An ^b   Hsu, Hsiu Yueh ^a   Liou, Saou Hsing ^b   Wu, Der Min ^b   Chu, Su Feng ^a   Tung, Ho Jui ^b   Chen, Yu Chia ^a   Chen, Jiing Chuan ^a  

^a MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Repeating analysis; Stability; Storage temperature conditions

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PHLEBOTOMY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STORAGE; TIME;

EID: 33846031941     PISSN: 10114564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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