Determination of some elements in the cervical mucus of healthy Taiwanese women, by GF-AAS

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-143

  Chuang, I Chuan ^a   Lee, Po Ning ^b   Lin, Te Hsien ^a   Chen, Gwo Shing ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cervical mucus; Chromium; Copper; GF AAS; Iron; Nickel; Selenium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; NICKEL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CERVIX MUCUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TAIWAN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0036234412     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:86:2:137     Document Type: Article

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