Age-dependent aluminum accumulation in the human aorta and cerebral artery

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 199-205

  Minami, Takeshi ^a   Ichii, Masayo ^a   Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^b   Tohno, Setsuko ^b   Utsumi, Masako ^b   Yamada, Masa Oki ^b   Okazaki, Yuko ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum; aorta; calcium; cerebral artery; ICP AES; phosphorus; tunica media

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN ARTERY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030467755     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784181     Document Type: Article

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