The feasibility of a sensitive low-dose method for the in vivo evaluation of Fe in skin using K-shell x-ray fluorescence (XRF)

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 955-965

  Farquharson, Michael J ^a   Bradley, David A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; FERRITIN; GERMANIUM;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CALIBRATION; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; THALASSEMIA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ANIMALS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; RATS; SKIN; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 0032969638     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/4/011     Document Type: Article

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