White N W, Dempster W S, Pocock F, Kibel M A
S Afr Med J. 1982 Nov 20;62(22):799-802.
There is little information on environmental lead absorption in childhood in southern Africa. The concentration of lead in the dentine of shed teeth was measured as a cumulative marker of long-term absorption in 80 children attending a Cape Town dental clinic. Blood lead levels were determined in 226 children, 114 from the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, 23 from Ciskei and 89 from a dental clinic. This small survey reports on the precision of laboratory technique and indicates that some children living in urban Cape Town have accumulated lead to an extent comparable to that in large Western cities.
关于非洲南部儿童环境铅吸收的信息很少。在开普敦一家牙科诊所就诊的80名儿童中，测量了脱落牙齿牙质中的铅浓度，作为长期吸收的累积指标。对226名儿童进行了血铅水平测定，其中114名来自开普敦红十字战争纪念儿童医院，23名来自西斯凯，89名来自一家牙科诊所。这项小型调查报道了实验室技术的精度，并表明一些生活在开普敦市区的儿童体内铅的累积程度与西方大城市的儿童相当。
