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T Niculescu, R Dumitru, V Botha, R Alexandrescu, N Manolescu.
Abstract
The lead content of hair in workers occupationally exposed was correlated with the blood lead concentration. Determinations of lead in blood and hair were performed by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrophotometry in two exposed groups and a control group. A significant correlation was observed between the blood lead and hair lead concentrations, and a regression analysis showed an exponential accumulation of the lead content in hair, simultaneously with the increase of the values in blood. The colour of the hair and the age of the subject did not influence the lead accumulation in hair in the occupationally exposed subjects. The assessment of lead in hair is considered a useful screening test in estimating occupational exposure.Mesh:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6824602 PMCID: PMC1009120 DOI: 10.1136/oem.40.1.67
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Ind Med ISSN: 0007-1072