The effect of age and gender on 37 chemical element contents in scalp hair of healthy humans

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-54

  Zaichick, Sofia ^b   Zaichick, Vladimir ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age involution; Chemical elements; Gender related differences; Human scalp hair; INAA

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BROMIDE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CESIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; GOLD; HALFNIUM; IODINE; IRON; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; SCALP HAIR; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SCALP; SEX FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951939079     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-009-8456-0     Document Type: Article

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