Bone lead measurement

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1110-1112

  Payne, Mark ^a   Egden, Lesley ^a   Behinaein, Sepideh ^a   Chettle, David ^a   McNeill, Fiona ^a   Webber, Colin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

BONE LEVEL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LETTER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 78649338553     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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