Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Scientific Correspondence
  • Published:

Lead toxicity from water

Nature volume 305, page 280 (1983)Cite this article

Access through your institution
Buy or subscribe

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Access through your institution

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Nature 302, 641 (1983).

  2. Sayre, J.W., Charney, E., Vostal, J. & Pliss, I.B. Am. J. Dis. Child. 127, 167–170 (1974).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Charney, E., Sayre, J. & Coulter, M. Pediatrics 65, 226–231 (1980).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Heards, M.J. & Chamberlain, A.C. Hum. Tox. 1, 411–415 (1982).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Farber, B.T. & Wei, E. Tox. appl. Pharmac. 27, 685–691 (1974).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Bushnell, P.J. & DeLuca, M.F. Science 211, 61–63 (1981).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Thomas, H.F., Elwood, P.C., Toothill, C. & Morton, M. Lancet i, 1047–48 (1981).

  8. Thomas, H.F., Elwood, P.C., Welsby, E. & St Leger, A.S. Nature 282, 712–713 (1979).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Moore, M.R., Meredith, P.A., Campbell, B.C., Goldberh, A. & Pocock, S.J. Lancet ii, 661–662 (1977).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Elwood, P.C., Phillips, K., Lowe, N., Phillips, J.K. & Toothill, C. Hum. Tox. (in the press).

  11. Pocock, S.D. et al. J. epidem. Commun. Hlth 37, 1–7 (1983).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. MRC Epidemiology Unit, 4 Richmond Road, Cardiff, CF2 3AS, UK

    J. GALLACHER, L. HARRIS & P.C. ELWOOD

Authors
  1. J. GALLACHER
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  2. L. HARRIS
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  3. P.C. ELWOOD
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

GALLACHER, J., HARRIS, L. & ELWOOD, P. Lead toxicity from water. Nature 305, 280 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/305280a0

Download citation

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/305280a0

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing