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Blood lead, a measure of the amount of lead circulating in the tissues, reflects both recent exogenous exposure as well as endogenous redistribution of lead stored in bone.

Tibia lead, a measure of cortical bone lead, is generally a less important source of blood lead levels than is lead in trabecular bone, but is a good estimate of cumulative lead dose (Hu et al. 1998).

In summary, in this study of 587 "young old" women who had community-level exposures to lead, higher levels of tibia lead (a measure of cumulative dose) were significantly associated with worse overall performance on a series of cognitive tests.

Patella and tibia bone lead measures of cumulative exposure over many years and blood lead, a measure of recent exposure, were assessed in 587 women 47 74 years of age.

Bone lead levels in this study were comparable to those of a cohort of 700 women in Los Angeles in the middle to late 1990s where mean calcaneus lead (a measure of trabecular bone lead) was 10.7 ± 11.9 μg/g and tibia bone lead was 8.0 ± 11.4 μg/g (Rothenberg et al. 2002).

Therefore, bone lead may be a risk factor for impaired renal function either by serving as either a dosimeter of cumulative exposure of the kidney to lead or a measure of the major endogenous source of blood lead that, in turn, may affect the kidney.

A new political dispensation negotiated with civilian participation would almost surely lead to a measure of federalism and provide a local framework for local issues to be resolved.

We now use the above definitions to develop expressions that lead to a measure of the load on the server.

Variance Stabilization [ 34] incorporates data calibration, an intensity-dependent error model and data transformation; it is intended to lead to a measure of differential expression which is independent of the mean intensity.

The researchers found that participants with high tibial lead were more than 2.5 times as likely to develop cataracts as men with low tibial lead (bone lead is a measure of long-term lead exposure).

Part of the league's formula for success was holding down costs, including its franchises' payrolls, and if that strategy led to a measure of prosperity, it also led to a measure of labor unrest.