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In Vivo Measurements of Lead in Bone

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In Vivo Body Composition Studies

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Occupational exposure to lead is commonly monitored by means of repeated blood lead determinations. Blood lead reflects mainly current lead exposure and dose response studies indicate that it is an important predictor of health effects. Lead is a highly cumulating metal, however, and more than 95 % of the total body burden resides in the skeleton (Barry, 1975). It is therefore important to determine bone lead levels for the evaluation of the cumulative long-term exposure.

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  1. Institute of Occupational Health, Laajaniityntie 1, SF-01620, Vantaa, Finland

    Jari Erkkilä, Vesa Riihimäki, Jukka Starck & Anne Paakkari

  2. South-Saimaa Central Hospital, SF-53130, Lappeenranta, Finland

    Boris Kock

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  1. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA

    Seiichi Yasumura , Avril D. Woodhead  & F. Avraham Dilmanian ,  & 

  2. Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Joan E. Harrison

  3. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Kenneth G. McNeill

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Erkkilä, J., Riihimäki, V., Starck, J., Paakkari, A., Kock, B. (1990). In Vivo Measurements of Lead in Bone. In: Yasumura, S., Harrison, J.E., McNeill, K.G., Woodhead, A.D., Dilmanian, F.A. (eds) In Vivo Body Composition Studies. Basic Life Sciences, vol 55. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1473-8_35

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