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Attentional correlates of dentin and bone lead levels in adolescents.
Archives of environmental health - 1 Jan 2000
Bellinger D, Hu H, Titlebaum L, Needleman H L
Abstract excerpt
In an effort to determine whether specific aspects of attention are impaired by lead, the performance of 79 subjects (aged 19 and 20 y) on a neuropsychologically based battery of tests of attention was examined in relation to lead levels in deciduous teeth (dentin), current blood, and tibia and patella bones measured by K-X-ray fluorescence. Dentin lead levels averaged 14 micrograms/g. Most bone lead levels were...
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