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Blood lead values in dogs from a rural area (Champaign, IL in 1987)
S R Ostrowski1, R Schilling, J A Farrar
1Center For Environmental Health and Injury Control, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Veterinary and Human Toxicology
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
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).