Investigators and Program Directors

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• Barbosa Jr. F, Tanus-Santos JE, Gerlach RF, and Parsons PJ. 2005. A critical review of biomarkers used for monitoring human exposure to lead: advantages, limitations and future needs. Environmental Health Perspectives 113 (12):1669-1674.
• Weil M, Bressler J, Parsons PJ, Bolla K, Glass T, Schwartz B. 2005. Blood mercury levels and neurobehavioral function. Journal of the American Medical Association 293(15):1875-1882.
• Barbosa Jr. F., Palmer C.P., Krug F.J. and Parsons P.J. 2004 Determination of total mercury in whole blood by flow injection cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry with room temperature digestion in tetramethylammonium hydroxide. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 19 1000-1005.
• Parsons P.J., Zhou Y., Palmer C.P., Aldous K.M. and Brockman, P. 2003 Atomization and vaporization of lead from blood using rhodium-coated tungsten filaments with pseudo simultaneous electrothermal atomic absorption and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric measurements, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 18:4-10.
• Todd, A.C., Parsons, P.J., Carroll, S., Geraghty, C., Khan, F.A., Tang, S., and Moshier, E.L. 2002 Measurements of lead in human tibiæ: a comparison between K-shell x-ray fluorescence and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Physics in Medicine and Biology 47:673-687.
• Zhou, Y, Parsons, P.J., Aldous, K.M., Brockman, P. and Slavin W. 2002 Rhodium as a permanent modifier for the atomization of lead from biological fluids using tungsten filament electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta, Part B. 57:727 740.
• Parsons, P.J., Geraghty, C., and Verostek, M.F. 2001 An assessment of contemporary atomic spectroscopic techniques for the determination of lead in blood and urine matrices. Spectrochim. Acta, Part B. 56:1593-1604.
• Todd, A.C., Parsons, P.J., Tang, S., and Moshier, E.L. 2001. Individual Variability in Human Tibia Lead Concentration. Environmental Health Perspectives 109:1139-1143.
• Parsons, P.J., Reilly, A.A., Esernio-Jenssen, D., Werk, L.N., Moefenson, H.C., Stanton, N.V. and Matte, T.P. 2001 Evaluation of Blood Lead Proficiency Testing: Comparison of Open and Blind Paradigms Clinical Chemistry 47 322-330.
• Parsons, P.J. and Slavin W., 1999. Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry for the determination of lead in urine: results of an interlaboratory study. Spectrochim Acta Part B, 54:853-864.
• Parsons, P.J., Reilly, A.A. and Esernio-Jenssen, D., 1997. Screening children exposed to lead: an assessment of the capillary blood lead fingerstick test. Clinical Chemistry, 43(2):302-311.

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E-Mail: patrick.parsons@wadsworth.org.