title: Blood lead levels in a remote, unpolluted rural area in South Africa.
abstract: The whole-blood lead levels of 14-16-year-olds in a remote, unpolluted rural area (Wupperthal, north-western Cape Province) were determined. Graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectrometry was used to analyse lead levels. The mean whole-blood lead level was found to be 3,4 micrograms/dl. This value should also be considered to be representative of the natural 'background' whole-blood lead level of South Africans.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood*; D012424:Rural Population; D013019:South Africa
chemical_list: D007854:Lead