Cross-sectional audit of blood lead levels in regular outpatient haemodialysis patients dialysing in north London

Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 476-481

  Davenport, Andrew ^a   Murcutt, Gareth ^a   Whiting, Stephen ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Dialysis water quality; Haemodialysis; Lead haemodialysis; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; LEAD; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FURNACE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 68349102087     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2009.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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