OBJECTIVE To determine total lead body burden by the Lead mobilization test (LMT) by measuring 4 hours urinary lead excretion in the lead exposed as compared to unexposed industrial workers after administration of 10 mg/Kg of dimercaptosuccinic acid and correlate it with blood lead levels, at Wah district Rawalpindi. METHODS Total 149 males consisting of 87 lead exposed workers and 62 control...

Cala meategia Ossa-Morena Zonaldean (OMZ) kokatzen da, Iberiar Mazizoaren hego-mendebaldean. Hango mineralizazioa nahiko konplexua denez, az- ken urteotan asko eztabaidatu da horren inguruan, baina berriki egin diren ikerketa- lanen arabera, mineralizazioaren zati bat bertan azaleratzen den skarn kaltziko bate- kin erlazionatuta dagoela interpretatu da. Lan honetan skarn-eko granateak datatu di...

Trace element signatures of mantle xenoliths along an east-west transect extending from the Sierra Nevada to the Colorado Plateau were investigated in this study. Those beneath the Sierra Nevada are highly enriched in fluid-mobile elements (Cs, Pb, U, and Sr) and, in particular, are characterized by low U/Pb and high Sr/Nd. These signatures imply that aqueous fluids derived by dehydration of se...

Uranium is an alpha-emitting, radioactive, heavy metal that occurs naturally in nearly all rocks and soils. Twenty-two isotopic forms of uranium have been identified, mainly associated with nuclear reactor operations or high-energy physics experiments; the most prevalent isotopes found in the environment are the three naturally-occurring isotopes: U, U, and U. Most uranium isotopes undergo deca...