British Journal of Dermatology

Volume 92, Issue 6 pp. 715-719

Full Access

LEAD AND THE SKIN

B.R. Allen, 

B.R. Allen

The General Hospital, Nottingham

Search for more papers by this author

M.R. Moore, 

M.R. Moore

Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow

Search for more papers by this author

J.A.A. Hunter, 

J.A.A. Hunter

The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

Search for more papers by this author

B.R. Allen, 

B.R. Allen

The General Hospital, Nottingham

Search for more papers by this author

M.R. Moore, 

M.R. Moore

Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow

Search for more papers by this author

J.A.A. Hunter, 

J.A.A. Hunter

The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

Search for more papers by this author

First published: June 1975

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1975.tb03156.x

Citations: 10

REFERENCES

• Allen, B.R., Hunter, J.A.A., Beattie, A.D. & Moore, M.R. (1974) Lead poisoning and blistering of the skin. Scottish Medical Journal, 19, 3.
  PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Beattie, A.D., Moore, M.R. & Goldberg, A. (1972) Tetraethyl lead poisoning. Lancet, 11, 12.
  10.1016/S0140-6736(72)91276-7

  Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Burnett, J.W. & Pathak, M.W. (1963) Pathogenesis and cutaneous photosensitivity in porphyria. New England Journal of Medicine, 268, 1203.
  10.1056/NEJM196305302682201

  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Castellino, N. & Aloj, S. (1969) Intracellular distribution of lead in the liver and kidney of the rat. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 26, 139.
  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Clarkson, T. W. & Kench, J. E. (1958) Uptake of lead by human erythrocytes in vitro. Biochemical Journal, 69, 432.
  10.1042/bj0690432

  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Cramer, K. (1966) Predisposing factors for lead poisoning. Acta Medica Scandinavica, Suppl, 445, 56.
  PubMed Google Scholar
• Dagg, J.H.M., Goldberg, A., Lochhead, A. & Smith, J.A. (1965) The relationship of lead poisoning to acute intermittent porphyria. Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 11, 163.
  Google Scholar
• Eldridge, W.A. (1924) Report 29, Chemical Warfare Service (as quoted by Waldron and Stoffen 1974).
  Google Scholar
• Gheorghiu, G.H. & Forsea, D. (1968) Berufliche Aspkete bei der Porphyria cutanea tarda. Berufsdermatosen, 16, 271.
  PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Gilfillan, S.C. (1965) Lead poisoning and the fall of Koiae. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 7, 53.
  PubMed Google Scholar
• Hernberg, S. & Nikkanen, J. (1970) Enzyme inhibition by lead under normal urban conditions. Lancet, 1, 63.
  10.1016/S0140-6736(70)91846-5

  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Honigsmann, H., Jahn, O. & Bauer, E. (1974) Bleivergiftung: Feinstrukturelle Lokalisation von Blei im Gingivagewebe. Internationales Archivfur Arbeitsmedizin (Berlin), 32, 129.
  10.1007/BF00539101

  Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Hunter, D. (1969) The Diseases of Occupations. The English Universities Press, London .
  Google Scholar
• Kehoe, R.A. (1927) On the toxicity of tetraethyl lead and inorganic lead saXts. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 12, 554.
  Google Scholar
• Kehoe, R.A. & Thamann, F. (1931) The behaviour of lead in the animal organism: tetraethyl lead. American Journal of Hygiene, 13, 479.
  Google Scholar
• Kehoe, R.A., Thamann, F. & Cholak, J. (1936) An appraisal of the lead hazards associated with the distribution and use of gasoline containing tetramethyl lead. Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, 18, 42.
  Google Scholar
• Klevay, L.M. (1973) Hair as a biopsy material. Archives of Environmental Health, 26, 169.
  10.1080/00039896.1973.10666250

  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Laug, E.P. & Kunze, F.M. (1948) The penetration of lead through the skin. Journal of Industrial Hygiene, 30, 256.
  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Lockeretz, W. (1973) On the lead content of human hair. Science, 150, 1080.
  10.1126/science.180.4090.1080

  Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Magnus, L.A., Janousek, V. & Jones, K. (1974) The effect of environmental lighting on porphyrin metabolism in the rat. Nature, 250, 504.
  10.1038/250504a0

  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Martindale (1967) Extra Pharmacopoeia, 25th Edn. The Pharmaceutical Press, London .
  Google Scholar
• Mcgillion, F.B., Moore, M.R. & Goldberg, A. (1973) The effect of A amino-laevulinic acid on the spontaneous activity of mice. Scottish Medical Journal, 15, 133.
  Google Scholar
• Moore, M.R. (1974) Lead, ethanol and A amino-laevulinic acid dehydratase. Recent Advances in the Assessment of the Health Effects of Environmental Pollution, International Symposium, Paris.
  Google Scholar
• Moore, M.R., Beattie, A.D., Thompson, G.C. & Goldberg, A. (1971) Depression of A amino-laevulinic acid dehydratase activity by ethanol in man and rat. Clinical Science, 40, 81.
  10.1042/cs0400081

  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Murozumi, M., Chow, T.J. & Patterson, C. (1969) Chemical concentrations of pollutant lead aerosols, terrestial dusts and sea salts in Greenland and Antarctic snow strata. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 33, 1247.
  10.1016/0016-7037(69)90045-3

  CAS Web of Science® Google Scholar
• NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WASHINGTON (1972) Lead: Airborne Lead in perspective.
  Google Scholar
• Petering, H.G., Yeager, D.W. & Witherup, S.O. (1973) Trace metal content of hair. Archives of Environmental Health, 27, 327.
  10.1080/00039896.1973.10666389

  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Pimenta De Mello, R. (1949) Effect of rose bengal and ultraviolet light on porphyrin excretion in rabbits. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 72, 292.
  10.3181/00379727-72-17411

  PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Renshaw, G.D., Pounds, C.A. & Pearson, E.F. (1972) Variation in lead concentration along single hairs as measured by non-flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Nature, 238, 162.
  10.1038/238162a0

  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Rubin, E., Bacchin, P., Gang, H. & Lieber, C.S. (1970) Induction and inhibition of hepatic microsomal and mitochondrial enzymes by ethanol. Laboratory Investigations, 22, 569.
  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Schneider, H.A.W. (1973) Light mediated induction of A amino-laevulinate synthetase and related enzymes and a tentative working model for control of chlorophyll Synthesis. Enzyme, 16, 108.
  PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Schwartz, S. (1955) In: Ciba Foundation Symposium on Porphyrin Biosynthesis and Metabolism (Ed. by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and E.C.P. Millar) p. 60. Churchill , London . Comment 719.
  Google Scholar
• Sussman, P.O. (1922) Blei und Quecksilber bzw. deren Salzen durch die unverletze Haut des Warmbluters Archiv fur Hygiene und Bacteriologie, 90, 175.
  Google Scholar
• Waldron, H.A. & Stofen, D. (1974) Subclinical Lead Poisoning. Academic Press, London .
  Google Scholar
• Weiss, B., Whitten, D. & Leddy, D. (1972) Lead content of human hair (1871-1971). Science, 178, 69.
  10.1126/science.178.4056.69

  CAS PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Wetterberg, L. (1966) Acute porphyria and lead poisoning. Lancet, 1, 498.
  10.1016/S0140-6736(66)91512-1

  PubMed Web of Science® Google Scholar
• Windever, B. (1972) Report of a committee under the chairmanship of Sir Brian Windeyer appointed to inquire into lead poisonings at the RTZ smelter at Avonmouth. Command 5042. HMSO, London .
  Google Scholar

Citing Literature

Volume92, Issue6

June 1975

Pages 715-719

• References

• Related

• Information

Close Figure Viewer

Previous FigureNext Figure

Caption

Download PDF