The lead content of blood serum.

@article{Manton2001TheLC,
  title={The lead content of blood serum.},
  author={William I. Manton and Stephen J. Rothenberg and Mario Manalo},
  journal={Environmental research},
  year={2001},
  volume={86 3},
  pages={
          263-73
        }
}
Serum lead concentrations measured by stable isotope dilution with a thermal ionization mass spectrometer and blood lead concentrations measured by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry are reported for 73 women of child bearing age resident in Los Angeles, California. The two quantities are related by the line y=0.00030+0.00241x (r=0.83), where y is serum lead concentration and x is blood lead concentration, both being expressed in units of microg/L. The linearity of the… 
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