Comparative quantative analysis of zinc, magnesium, and copper content in the scalp hair of healthy people and breast cancer patients

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-180

  Kilic, Eser ^a   Demiroglu, Asuman ^b   Saraymen, Recep ^a   Ok, Engin ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Breast cancer; Hair; Trace element

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MAGNESIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCALP HAIR;

EID: 3242815318     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtra.20006     Document Type: Article

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