Silicon Compatible with the Height of Human Vertebral Column

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-121

  Yamada, Masa Oki ^a   Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tohno, Setsuko ^a   Utsumi, Masako ^a   Moriwake, Yumi ^a   Yamada, Gen ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bio silicon; Trace element catastrophy; Vertebral Si; Vertebral trace element

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SILICON; SULFUR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; SILICON; SPINE;

EID: 0348077550     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:95:2:113     Document Type: Article

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