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Jeanette Clarke using a Perkin-Elmer Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer at Fordham Hospital

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General view of Jeanette Clarke, employee at New York City's Fordham Hospital, using a Perkin-Elmer Model 403 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to measure the lead content in a sample of blood. Per notations accompanying the photograph, Clarke is seen inserting a drop of blood into the flame of the spectrophotometer, part of a city-wide initiative to screen children between the ages of 1 and 5 for lead poisoning.
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Keywords

  1. African American Women
  2. African Americans
  3. Analysis
  4. Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
  5. Blood
  6. Clarke, Jeanette
  7. Corporations
  8. Employees
  9. Hospitals
  10. Laboratories
  11. Life Sciences
  12. Perkin Elmer Corporation
  13. Scientific Apparatus And Instruments
  14. Women
  15. Women Employees
  16. Women In Science

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