Blood lead misclassification due to defective LeadCare® blood lead testing equipment [6]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 994-995

  Bossarte, Robert M ^a   Brown, Mary Jean ^b,c   Jones, Robert L ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 34248394203     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.082404     Document Type: Letter

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