Wide Variation in Reference Values for Aluminum Levels in Children

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zeager, Michelle ^a,b,c,d   Woolf, Alan D ^a,b,c   Goldman, Rose H ^a,b,c,e,f  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b New England Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Harlingen Pediatrics Associates   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Aluminum toxicity; Childhood aluminum; Reference range

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; URINE LEVEL; WORKER;

ALUMINUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84855272329     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3481     Document Type: Article

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