Concentrations of calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium and zinc in adult female hair with different body mass indexes in Taiwan

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-393

  Wang, Chin Thin ^a,d   Chang, Wei Tun ^b   Zeng, Weng Feng ^c   Lin, Chang Hua ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL POLICE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Ta Jen Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectroscopy; Body mass index; Hair; Mineral; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TAIWAN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 24044501333     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2005.070     Document Type: Article

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