Open AccessLead concentrations in tibial and calcaneal bone in relation to the history of lead exposure
Author(s) -
Ingvar A. Bergdahl,
Ulf Strömberg,
Lars Gerhardsson,
Andrejs Schütz,
David R. Chettle,
Staffan Skerfving
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.276
Subject(s) - lead (geology) , lead exposure , relation (database) , medicine , computer science , biology , data mining , paleontology , cats
This study tested a simple model of the relationship between the lead concentration in bone (bone-Pb), exposure time, and lead in plasma (P-Pb) and whole blood (B-Pb) to make it possible to use bone-Pb as a retrospective exposure index.