Hair as a biopsy material: Trace element data on one man over two decades

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1359-1364

  Klevay, L M ^a   Christopherson, D M ^a   Shuler, T R ^a  

^a GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Cadmium; Copper; Hair; Lead; Selenium; Trace elements; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTOXICATION; MALE;

ALUMINUM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CADMIUM; COPPER; HAIR; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SELENIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 5744248617     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601975     Document Type: Article

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