Determination of multielement concentrations in normal human organs from the Japanese

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 57-70

  Katoh, Yoh ^a   Sato, Takeo ^b   Yamamoto, Yoshio ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human organs; Japanese; Multielement; Neutron activation analysis; Normal values

Indexed keywords

BROMIDE; CHLORIDE; COBALT; IRON; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MUSCLE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PANCREAS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; THYROID GLAND;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOPSY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HEALTH; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; PANCREAS; SPLEEN; THYROID GLAND; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0036959072     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:90:1-3:57     Document Type: Article

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