This book reviews the theory and practice of using hair as a biopsy tissue for trace elements and discusses the pros and cons of this methodology. The authors examine in detail past and present use of hair trace-element levels as indicators of nutritional status, disease, heavy-metal poisoning and environmental exposure. This book also describes methods for collecting and preparing hair samples for determining their trace-element content. The authors also discuss the various theories explaining the biological incorporation of trace elements into hair and the external factors that may affect trace-element absorption.
- ISBN10 3527267875
- ISBN13 9783527267873
- Publish Date January 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 September 2011
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 134
- Language English