Blood Lead Concentrations in a Remote Himalayan Population
- 5 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 210 (4474), 1135-1137
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7444442
Abstract
The lead content in the air at the foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal was found to be negligible. The concentration of lead in the blood of 103 children and adults living in this region was found to average 3.4 micrograms per deciliter, a level substantially lower than that found in industrialized populations.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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