Correlation between the iron, magnesium, potassium and zinc content in adolescent girls' hair and their academic records

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 358-363

  Wang, Chin Thin ^a   Yingjeng, James Li ^b   Wang, Fu Jin ^c   Shi, Yi Min ^a   Lee, Bee Tsu ^d  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Mackay College of Nursing and Medicine   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Hair; Mineral; Total academic record; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEARNING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; IRON; LEARNING; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

EID: 48749109595     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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