Childhood malnutrition is associated with a reduction in the total melanin content of scalp hair

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 159-164

  McKenzie, Colin A ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Hanchard, Neil A ^a   Forrester, Terrence ^a   Ito, Shosuke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood malnutrition; Eumelanin; Hair; Phaeomelanin

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; MELANIN; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR ROOT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCALP HAIR;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; MELANINS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SCALP;

EID: 34547990120     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507694458     Document Type: Article

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