Age-Related Changes of Elements in Human Thoracic Ducts and Azygos Veins and Relationships among Elements

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 93-107

  Tohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tohno, Setsuko ^a   Azuma, Cho ^a   Moriwake, Yumi ^a   Naganuma, Takashi ^a   Ohnishi, Yoshiaki ^a   Minami, Takeshi ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Azygos vein; Calcium; Magnesium; Phosphorus; Thoracic duct

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; AZYGOS VEIN; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC DUCT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AZYGOS VEIN; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PHOSPHORUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SULFUR; THORACIC DUCT; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 1642480238     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:96:1-3:93     Document Type: Article

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