Ostrowski S R, Schilling R, Farrar J A, Fikes J, Beasley V R, Hudson R F
Center For Environmental Health and Injury Control, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Vet Hum Toxicol. 1990 Feb;32(1):40-2.
We studied 87 healthy dogs to determine background levels of blood lead in dogs living in a presumably uncontaminated environment. We took blood samples from dogs and asked their owners for information regarding behavioral risk factors related to environmental lead exposure. The mean blood lead concentration was 5 (+/- 4.4) micrograms/dl (range 0-22 micrograms/dl).