A high accumulation of minerals in human internal jugular vein

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 17-23

  Tohno, Setsuko ^a   Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Minami, Takeshi ^a   Okazaki, Yuko ^b   Utsumi, Masako ^a   Nishiwaki, Fumio ^a   Moriwake, Yumi ^a   Yamada, Masa Oki ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Calcium; Femoral vein; Inferior vena cava; Internal jugular vein; Phosphorus; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

EID: 0031832611     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02820017     Document Type: Article

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