A methodological consideration for blood lead concentrations obtained from the earlobe in Japanese adults occupationally unexposed to lead

A methodological consideration for blood lead concentrations obtained from the earlobe in Japanese adults occupationally unexposed to lead

Abstract Background Neuropsychological effects of considerably low levels of lead exposure are observed in children, and a reliable and possibly painless technique that can detect such levels is required for the assessment of such exposure. We examined whether the blood lead (BPb) concentrations obt...

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Main Authors: Nozomi Tatsuta, Kunihiko Nakai, Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Futoshi Mizutani, Katsuyuki Murata, Yoichi Chisaki, Hiroshi Satoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Subjects:
Lead
Capillary blood collection
Earlobe
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12199-017-0685-9

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