RUDN Journal of Medicine (Sep 2008)
Express-determination of zinc and ferrous contents in human hair by x-ray-fluoremetry method
Abstract
There are deseases («microelementoses») determined by deficiency or abundance of essential elements in human body. Human hair is biological substratum that can reflect organism processes connected with essential micro- and macroelements. The results present the dependences on gender and oncodesease. The authors worked out the method of X-ray-fluoremetry analysis without mineralization of biomaterial.