Journal article
Geriatric Bone Lead Metabolism in a Female Nonhuman Primate Population
Abstract
A geriatric rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) population, previously exposed to lead, was investigated using 109Cd K X-ray fluorescence (K XRF) to determine whether metabolism of lead in bone was similar to that in human populations. The accumulation rate of lead into the tibia in this group of monkeys was determined to be 0.10-0.13 micrograms Pb (g bone mineral)-1 (microgram dl-1 year)-1, which compares well with human data, where the rate has …
Authors
McNeill FE; Laughlin NK; Todd AC; Sonawane BR; Van de Wal KM; Fowler BA
Journal
Environmental Research, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 131–139
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 1997
DOI
10.1006/enrs.1996.3719
ISSN
0013-9351