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  1. Nuclear Engineering Department, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 9027, 21413, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Motaheruddin Ahmed, Parvez Ahmad & Ibrahim I. Kutbi

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Ahmed, M., Ahmad, P. & Kutbi, I.I. Lead pollution in urban and rural Saudi Arabian children. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 43, 660–666 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701984

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