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Lead Poisoning / Trace Elements Laboratory

Lead Poisoning / Trace Elements

Selected Publications

Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin

  • Parsons, P.J., Meola, J.R. and Mitchell, D.G. Development of standard materials for use with the hematofluorometer. Clinical Chemistry (1988) 34:1062-1066.
  • Parsons, P.J., Stanton, N.V., Gunter, E.W., Huff, D., Meola, J.R. and Reilly, A.A. An interlaboratory comparison of control materials for use with hematofluorometers. Clinical Chemistry (1989) 35:2059-2065.
  • Stanton, N.V., Gunter, E.W., Parsons, P.J. and Field, P.H. Empirically determined lead-poisoning screening cutoff for the Protofluor-Z hematofluorometer. Clinical Chemistry (1989) 35:2104-2107.
  • Parsons, P.J., Reilly, A.A. and Hussain, A. Observational Study of Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin as a Screening Test for Detecting Lead Exposure in Children: Impact of Lowering the Blood Lead Action Threshold. Clinical Chemistry (1991) 37:216-225.
  • Parsons, P.J., Measurement of Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin Concentration by Double Extraction and Spectrofluorometry, 8.81­8.8.12, In: Current Protocols in Toxicology edited by M. Maines, L.G. Costa, C. Klaassen, D.J. Reed and S. Sassa, J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1999.

Lead

  • Parsons, P.J. Monitoring Human Exposure to Lead: An Assessment of Current Laboratory Performance for the Determination of Blood Lead. Environmental Research. (1992) 57 149-162
  • Parsons, P. J. and Slavin, W. A Rapid Zeeman Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Method for the Determination of Lead in Blood. Spectrochimica Acta B (1993) 48B 925-939.
  • Matthews, M.R., and Parsons, P.J. A Simple Method for the Determination of Lead in Wine using Zeeman Electrothermal Atomization Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Atomic Spectroscopy (1993) 14(2) 41-46
  • Zong, Y, Parsons, P.J. and Slavin W. Background Overcorrection Problems for Lead in the Presence of Phosphate and Various Metals in Zeeman Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Spectrochimica Acta B (1994) 49B 1665-1678
  • Qiao, H., Parsons, P.J., and Slavin, W. Transferability of a simple method for blood lead determination using furnace AAS and continuum background correction. Clinical Chemistry (1995) 41 1451-1454.
  • Parsons, P.J., Qiao, H., Aldous, K.M., Mills, E., and Slavin, W. A low-cost tungsten filament atomizer for measuring lead in blood by atomic absorption spectrometry Spectrochimica Acta Part B (1995) 50 1475-1480
  • Parsons, P.J., Zong, Y., and Matthews, M.R., Development of Bone-Lead Reference Materials for Validating in vivo XRF Measurements In: Advances in X-Ray Analysis, edited by P.K. Predecki, D.K. Bowen, J.V. Gilfrich, C.C. Goldsmith, T.C. Huang, R. Jenkins, I.C. Noyan, and D.K. Smith, Plenum Press, New York, (1995) 38 p625 - 632.
  • Zong, Y.Y., Parsons, P.J. and Slavin, W. Accurate and precise measurements of lead in bone using electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry with Zeeman-effect background correction. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (1996) 11 25-30.
  • Parsons, P.J., Reilly, A.A. and Esernio-Jenssen, D. Screening children exposed to lead: an assessment of the capillary blood lead fingerstick test. Clinical Chemistry (1997) 43(2) 302-311.
  • Zong, Y.Y., Parsons, P.J. and Slavin W. Background correction errors for lead in the presence of phosphate in Zeeman graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry Spectrochim Acta Part B (1998) 53 1031-1039.
  • Parsons, PJ., Cummins S., Chaudhary-Webb, M., Matson, W., Saxena, D.K., Parr, R., Rajarathanam, S., and Vaz, J., How to Measure Lead in Humans, and to Organize and Condcut Large-Scale Screening, In: Lead Poisoning Prevention & Treatment: Implementing a National Program in Developing Countries, Proceedings of an International Conference on Lead Poisoning Prevention & Treatment, edited by A. George, The George Foundation, Bangalore, 1999.
  • D. Esernio-Jenssen, V. Bush and P. J. Parsons. Evaluation of Vacutainer Plus Low Lead Tubes for Blood Lead and Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin Testing. [Technical Brief] Clinical Chemistry (1999) 45 148-150.
  • Parsons, P.J. and Slavin W. Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry for the determination of lead in urine: results of an interlaboratory study. Spectrochim Acta Part B (1999) 54 853-864.
  • Schell, L.M., Czerwiniski, S., Stark, A.D., Parsons, P.J., Gomez, M., and Samelson, R. Variation in blood lead and hematocrit levels during pregnancy in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population. Archives of Environmental Health (2000) 55 134-140
  • Schwartz, B.S., Lee, G-P., Lee, S-S., Ahn, K-D., Bolla, K.I., Parsons, P.J., Lee, B-K., Stewart, W.F., Hwang K-Y., Kim, Y-B., Simon, D., Todd, A.C. Associations of blood lead, DMSA chelatable lead, and tibial lead with neurobehavioral test scores in Korean lead workers" American Journal of Epidemiology 2000 (in press)
  • Parsons, P.J., Reilly, A.A., Esernio-Jenssen, D., Werk, L.N., Moefenson, H.C., Stanton, N.V. and Matte, T.P. Evaluation of Blood Lead Proficiency Testing Clinical Chemistry (in press).
  • Zhou, Y, Parsons, P.J., Aldous, K.M., Brockman, P. and Slavin W. Atomization of lead from whole blood using novel tungsten filaments in electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (in press).

Aluminum

  • Tang, S., MacColl, R., and Parsons, P.J. Spectroscopic study of the interaction of aluminum ions with human transferrin. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (1995) 60(3) 175-185.
  • Tang, S., Parsons, P.J. and Slavin, W. Effects of acids, modifiers and chloride on the atomization of aluminum in electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (1995) 8 521-526.
  • Tang, S., Parsons, P.J. and Slavin, W. Rapid and reliable method for the determination of aluminum in bone by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. The Analyst (1996) 121 195-200.
  • Tang, S., Parsons, P.J. and Slavin, W. Signal oscillation and overcorrection in the determination of aluminum using the transversely heated graphite furnace with Zeeman background correction Spectrochim Acta Part B (1997) 52 1351-1365.
  • Tang, S., Parsons, P.J. and Perl D. Longitudinal and lateral variations in the aluminum concentration of selected caprine, bovine and human bone samples. Biological Trace Element Research. (1999) 68(3) 267-279.

Trace Element Analysis - general

  • Kingston, H. M. Skip; Walter, P.J.; Engelhart, Gary W.; Parsons, Patrick J. Laboratory Microwave Safety Ch. 16, in Microwave Enhanced Chemistry: Fundamentals, Sample Preparation, and Applications, pgs. 697-745. ACS Professional Reference Book Series, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1997.
  • Parsons, P.J., Atomic Spectrometry in Clinical Chemistry, In: Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemsitry, pp. 1091-1123, R.A. Meyers (Ed), J. Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, 2000.

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