Assessment of hair mineral analysis commercially offered in Germany

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-31

  Drasch, Gustav ^a,b   Roider, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Rechtsmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis; Assessment; Evaluation; Germany; Hair; Mineral; Toxic elements; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0036181124     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0946-672X(02)80005-0     Document Type: Article

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