A review of EDXRS in the study of human lead metabolism

Abstract Energy dispersive x‐ray spectrometry (EDXRS) techniques have been developed to measure in vivo the concentration of lead (Pb) in the bone of human subjects. One important effect that this use of EDXRS has had is to highlight the ways in which the previous best understanding of how Pb behaves in the human body is having to be adjusted. In particular, models of Pb metabolism that have been shown to account well for short‐term Pb …