Low level lead exposure: history and discovery.
The history of lead toxicity spans 2 millennnia. With increasingly sensitive methods, deficits due to lead exposure have been demonstrated at lower and lower doses. Persuasive evidence suggests that no threshold for lead toxicity exists.
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. hlnlead@pitt.edu
Herbert
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Needleman
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