par Steenhout, Anne 
Référence Archives of Environmental Health, 37, 4, page (224-231)
Publication Publié, 1982
Référence Archives of Environmental Health, 37, 4, page (224-231)
Publication Publié, 1982
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Lead content in teeth of three Belgian populations with different exposures are considered in the framework of a three-compartment model describing lead exchanges in the body. The value of the first-order kinetic constant governing the transfer of lead from blood to teeth is shown to be approximately 1.85 yr-1, which is in good agreement with other studies using stable isotope tracers on a few subjects. Application of these findings to bones, where contrary to teeth, remobilization processes cannot be neglected, leads to a tentative estimation of the rates of lead output from various kinds of bones, on the basis of epidemiologic data on their lead contents reported in the literature. |
