Original scientific paper
A simple portable apparatus for the semi-quantitative determination of the coproporphyrin content in urine
W.F. Donath
; Department of lndustrial Medicine of the Netherlands lnstitnte for Preventive Medicine, Leyden
Abstract
A simple portable instrument for rapid semi-quantitative determination of coproporphyrin excretion in urine is described. The instrument is suitable for use by the industrial physician in screening an industrial population exposed to lead. The method is essentially the comparison of the fluorescence colour of the porphyrin content as developed in ether and glacial acetic acid with that of a series of paperstrip of graded degree of fluorescence. Technique and reliability are discussed.
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Hrčak ID:
186039
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Publication date:
26.6.1956.
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