Studies of five microelement contents in human serum, hair, and fingernails correlated with aged hypertension and coronary heart disease

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-103

  Tang, Yu Rong ^a   Zhang, Shu Qin ^a   Xiong, Yin ^a   Zhao, Yu ^a   Fu, Hua ^a   Zhang, Hua Ping ^a   Xiong, Kai Min ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AAS; Coronary heart disease; Fingernail; Hair; Hypertension; Microelements; Serum

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; IRON; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; SERUM; STUDENT T TEST; TISSUE LEVEL;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 0037564207     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:92:2:97     Document Type: Article

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