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49
Citations
8054
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5299
National Ranking
185

Overview

Brian Gulson is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses on several interconnected areas including Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Heavy Metals in the Environment, Environmental Justice and Health Disparities, and Radioactivity and Radon Measurements.

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • A 25-year record of childhood blood lead exposure and its relationship to environmental sources, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Which environmental sample type and statistical approach provides most information about metal exposure in young children from an urban setting?, 2023, Environmental Research

Gulson frequently publishes in the journal Environmental Research, with at least two publications recorded there. Their collaborations include co-authoring work with researchers such as Chenyin Dong, Mark Patrick Taylor, and Alan Taylor.

Their research also spans several subfields within Environmental Science, notably Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Pollution; Sociology and Political Science; and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology.

Topics central to their work include:

  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements

Best Publications

  • Pregnancy increases mobilization of lead from maternal skeleton

    B.L. Gulson;C.W. Jameson;K.R. Mahaffey;K.J. Mizon

  • Mobilization of lead from human bone tissue during pregnancy and lactation—a summary of long-term research

    Brian L. Gulson;Karen J. Mizon;Karen J. Mizon;Michael J. Korsch;Jacqueline M. Palmer

  • Small Amounts of Zinc from Zinc Oxide Particles in Sunscreens Applied Outdoors Are Absorbed through Human Skin

    Brian Gulson;Maxine McCall;Michael Korsch;Laura Gomez

  • Mobilization of lead from the skeleton during the postnatal period is larger than during pregnancy

    B.L. Gulson;K.R. Mahaffey;C.W. Jameson;K.J. Mizon

  • CONTRIBUTION OF TISSUE LEAD TO BLOOD LEAD IN ADULT FEMALE SUBJECTS BASED ON STABLE LEAD ISOTOPE METHODS

    B L Gulson;K R Mahaffey;K J Mizon;M J Korsch

  • Metal concentrations in soils around the copper smelter and surrounding industrial complex of Port Kembla, NSW, Australia

    E Martley;B.L Gulson;H.-R Pfeifer

  • Sources of lead in soil and dust and the use of dust fallout as a sampling medium

    B.L. Gulson;J.J. Davis;K.J. Mizon;M.J. Korsch

  • RELATIONSHIPS OF LEAD IN BREAST MILK TO LEAD IN BLOOD, URINE, AND DIET OF THE INFANT AND MOTHER

    B L Gulson;C W Jameson;K R Mahaffey;K J Mizon

  • Cassiterite: Potential for direct dating of mineral deposits and a precise age for the Bushveld Complex granites

    Brian L. Gulson;Melvyn T. Jones

  • Use of lead isotopes in soils to identify the source of lead contamination near Adelaide, South Australia.

    Brian L. Gulson;Kevin G. Tiller;Karen J. Mizon;Richard H. Merry

  • Source and pathways of lead in humans from the Broken Hill mining community; an alternative use of exploration methods

    Brian L. Gulson;Karen J. Mizon;Alistair J. Law;Michael J. Korsch

  • Changes in manganese and lead in the environment and young children associated with the introduction of methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl in gasoline--preliminary results.

    Brian Gulson;Karen Mizon;Alan Taylor;Michael Korsch

  • Lead exposure at firing ranges-a review.

    Mark A. S. Laidlaw;Gabriel Filippelli;Howard Mielke;Brian Gulson

  • Blood Lead Changes during Pregnancy and Postpartum with Calcium Supplementation

    Brian L. Gulson;Karen J. Mizon;Jacqueline M. Palmer;Michael J. Korsch

  • Percutaneous absorption of inorganic lead compounds

    J.L. Stauber;T.M. Florence;B.L. Gulson;L.S. Dale

  • Tooth analyses of sources and intensity of lead exposure in children.

    Brian L. Gulson

  • Petrogenesis of Late Cenozoic volcanic rocks from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, in the light of new lead isotope data

    Ian J Graham;Brian L Gulson;Jeffrey W Hedenquist;Karen Mizon

  • Comparison of dermal absorption of zinc from different sunscreen formulations and differing UV exposure based on stable isotope tracing

    Brian Gulson;Herbert Wong;Michael Korsch;Laura Gomez

  • Stable lead isotopes in environmental health with emphasis on human investigations.

    Brian Gulson;Brian Gulson

  • Stable lead isotopes in teeth as indicators of past domicile--a potential new tool in forensic science?

    B L Gulson;C W Jameson;B R Gillings

  • The Pb isotopic record of historical to modern human lead exposure.

    George D. Kamenov;Brian L. Gulson

  • Identification of historical lead sources in roof dusts and recent lake sediments from an industrialized area: indications from lead isotopes

    Massimo Chiaradia;B.E. Chenhall;A.M. Depers;B.L. Gulson;B.L. Gulson

  • History of lead exposure in children revealed from isotopic analyses of teeth.

    Brian Gulson;David Wilson

  • Identification of secondary lead sources in the air of an urban environment

    Massimo Chiaradia;Brian L. Gulson;Brian L. Gulson;Matthew James;C. William Jameson

  • Identification of sources of lead in children in a primary zinc-lead smelter environment.

    Brian L Gulson;Karen J Mizon;Jeff D Davis;Jacqueline M Palmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Chiaradia
Massimo Chiaradia University of Geneva
John A. Eisman
John A. Eisman Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Jennifer L. Stauber
Jennifer L. Stauber Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Mark Patrick Taylor
Mark Patrick Taylor Macquarie University
Ross R. Large
Ross R. Large University of Tasmania
Malcolm T. McCulloch
Malcolm T. McCulloch University of Western Australia
Jeffrey W. Hedenquist
Jeffrey W. Hedenquist University of Ottawa
Gabriel M. Filippelli
Gabriel M. Filippelli Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Brian G. Jones
Brian G. Jones University of Wollongong
Andrew S. Ball
Andrew S. Ball RMIT University

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