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The mean lead content of deciduous teeth from children living in the city of Birmingham (U.K.) has been shown to be 11.8 ppm dry weight, irrespective of the sex of the donor. Lead content varies according to type of tooth, and there is a gradient from incisors, with the highest level, to second molars, with the lowest. A relationship was shown between age of donor and lead content of canines and (when lognormalized data were considered) first molars. We were not able to demonstrate a correlation between tooth lead levels and residence near a potential industrial lead source, and we conclude that pollution from a general source is responsible for the body burdens we found.
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