Permanent waving does not change mercury concentration in the proximal segment of hair close to scalp

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-78

  Ohba, Takashi ^a   Kurokawa, Naoyuki ^a   Nakai, Kunihiko ^a   Shimada, Miyuki ^a   Suzuki, Keita ^a   Sugawara, Norio ^a   Kameo, Satomi ^a   Satoh, Chieko ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exposure biomarker; Fetal exposure; Hair straightening; Methylmercury; Permanent waving

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COSMETIC; HAIR DYE; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; SCALP HAIR;

EID: 38749084171     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.214.69     Document Type: Article

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