Lead in bone: sampling and quantitation using K X-rays excited by 109Cd.
- 1 February 1991
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 91, 49-55
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.919149
Abstract
Lead in bone can be measured in vivo using gamma-rays from a 109Cd source to excite lead K X-rays. Normalization of lead X-ray amplitudes to that of the elastically backscattered 88 keV gamma-rays produces a determination of the concentration of lead ...Keywords
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