A CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BLOOD LEAD CONCENTRATIONS IN SAUDI-ARABIAN CHILDREN

Authors
ALSALEH IA DEVOL E TAYLOR A
Citation
Ia. Alsaleh et al., A CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BLOOD LEAD CONCENTRATIONS IN SAUDI-ARABIAN CHILDREN, Annals of clinical biochemistry, 31, 1994, pp. 469-472
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Chemistry Medicinal
Journal title
Annals of clinical biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00045632
Volume
31
Year of publication
1994
Part
5
Pages
469 - 472
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-5632(1994)31:<469:ACOTBL>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The results presented in this paper are those derived from an extensiv e analysis of lead in 1047 children aged 2 months to 16 years attendin g as outpatients at a reference hospital, taking cases from all parts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Since the distribution of blood lead d ata in the sample suggested the existence of two mixed sub groups amon g the studied children, a non-linear mathematical model was used fit t o the data. More than 20% of the children had blood lead concentration s above 0.608 mu mol/L (12.59 mu g/dL).