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Revista de la Asociación Médica del Centro Médico ABC

2001, Number 4

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An Med Asoc Med Hosp ABC 2001; 46 (4)

Blood lead levels: Quality control by the metal laboratory of the ABC Medical Center

Meneses-González F, Lino GM, Rivero A, Simón DJ, Palazuelos RE, Moreno LLC, Hernández-Ávila M

Language: Spanish
References: 23
Page: 165-168
PDF size: 58.69 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Background: Lead exposure is a public health problem which requires reliable laboratories capable of measuring personal exposure as blood lead levels. Objective: This report show the quality control program of one lead laboratory in Mexico City. This laboratory is member of the international quality control program. Method: Descriptive study that compares blood lead levels results performed from 1993 to 1997 by a Mexican laboratory vis a vis two laboratories of reference. Results: The correlation value with the first laboratory was 0.98 (p ‹ 0.05), the correlation with the second lab was 0.89 (p ‹ 0.05). Conclusion: The laboratory for blood lead levels at the ABC Medical Center has a high precision and is mostly accurate to measure blood lead levels in Mexico.


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