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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Toxicol. 2016 Jun 3;32(3):869–876. doi: 10.1002/tox.22286

Table 1.

Pb and Cd levels in the bone

Group Tissue/Metal N Mean Standard Deviation Range
Pb-Exposure Bone Pb (mg/kg) 6 178 12 160 – 190
Bone Cd (mg/kg) < LoDa N/A All < LoD
Cd-Exposure Bone Pb (mg/kg) 6 0.24 0.07 0.17 – 0.27
Bone Cd (mg/kg) 0.15 0.01 0.13 – 0.17
Control Bone Pb (mg/kg) 6 0.29 0.06 0.23 – 0.39
Bone Cd (mg/kg) < LoD N/A All < LoD
a

Limit of detection for Cd was 0.05 mg/kg