The effect of age, sex, smoking habit and hair color on the composition of hair

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-57

  Chojnacka, K ^a   Gorecka H ^a   Gorecki H ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hair analysis; Hair color; Smoking habit

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BORON; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ELEMENT; GOLD; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; PLATINUM; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SILICON; SILVER; SODIUM; THALLIUM; TIN; TUNGSTEN; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 33646801926     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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