Relative element levels in the paired samples of scalp hair and fingernails of patients from New Delhi

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 372, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 474-479

  Sukumar, A ^a   Subramanian, R ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Elements in patients; Fingernails; Relative levels of elements; Scalp hair

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING;

FINGERNAILS; SCALP HAIR;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; HYDROGEN; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOMONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; RURAL POPULATION; SCALP; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; NEW DELHI; SOUTH ASIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33845985281     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.020     Document Type: Article

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