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Elevated lead levels in petrol “sniffers”
Author(s) -
Eastwell Harry D.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb120108.x
Subject(s) - lead (geology) , lead poisoning , lead exposure , blood lead level , medicine , toxicity , environmental health , toxicology , biology , psychiatry , cats , paleontology
Lead levels in blood and in bone were measured in Aboriginal teenagers who regularly inhaled petrol to experience its central nervous system effects. Compared with a control group, the lead levels were raised. Those teenagers with toxic levels of lead in their blood and bones are in grave danger of lead toxicity.