Detection in Body Fluids
Thallium may be quantitated in blood or urine as a diagnostic tool in clinical poisoning situations or to aid in the medicolegal investigation of suspicious deaths. Normal background blood and urine concentrations in healthy persons are usually less than 1 μg/L, but they are often in the 1–10 mg/L range in survivors of acute intoxication.
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