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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 18, 1415-1416, Copyright © 1972 by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Concentrations of Lead in Capillary Blood of Newborns

Norman P. Kubasik 1 and Michael T. Volosin 1

1 Clinical Laboratories of the Genesee Hospital, 224 Alexander St., Rochester, N.Y. 14607.

Lead concentrations in whole blood have been determined for a random sampling of newborns (age 1-8 days) with the use of a microtechnique involving carbon rod atomization and atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The mean lead concentration of the newborns (13.8 ± 4.5 µg/100 ml of whole blood) significantly differed from that of pediatric populations at low (22.6 ± 6.1) and high lead (32.1 ± 10.4) risk. The concentration of lead in amniotic fluid was less than 20 ng/100 ml of fluid. The significance of the newborn lead values and their role in fetal development remains to be determined.


Key Words: amniotic fluid • carbon rod atomization • atomic absorption spectrophotometry • environmental pollution • pediatric values

Submitted on June 8, 1972
Accepted on July 14, 1972






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