Open AccessLead intoxication caused by skeletal disease
Author(s) -
Kurt Berlin,
Lars Gerhardsson,
Johan Börjesson,
Erik Lindh,
Nils-Göran Lundström,
Andrejs Schütz,
Staffan Skerfving,
Chister Edling
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.42
Subject(s) - medicine , lead poisoning , osteoporosis , skeleton (computer programming) , chelation therapy , disease , lead (geology) , lead exposure , physiology , anatomy , geomorphology , psychiatry , geology , cats , thalassemia
Inorganic lead is accumulated in the skeleton, which harbors more than 90% of the body burden of lead. If rapidly mobilized, this pool may constitute a health risk. However, clear evidence of this theory has been lacking.