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Abstract
A nine year study of blood lead concentrations and isotope ratios carried out on a married couple shows that pulmonary deposition cannot account for all the airborne lead in blood; that lead from bone may comprise 70% of blood lead; and that during pregnancy blood lead may double due to mobilisation of lead from bone.Mesh:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3970881 PMCID: PMC1007445 DOI: 10.1136/oem.42.3.168
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Ind Med ISSN: 0007-1072