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Hair as a biopsy material. I. Assessment of zinc nutriture.
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This article is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 1970-03-01. It has received 112 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hair analysis.read more
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Low Levels of Zinc in Hair, Anorexia, Poor Growth, and Hypogeusia in Children
TL;DR: The correlation between low levels of zinc in hair, anorexia, and low growth percentiles in these children indicates that poor appetite and growth, in addition to the hypogeusia, may have been attributable to zinc deficiency.
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Laboratory Tests for the Assessment of Nutritional Status
TL;DR: The CRC Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences: Vol. 4, No. 3, No 3, pp 215-340 as discussed by the authors was the first publication of a comprehensive review of laboratory tests for the assessment of nutritional status.
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The biologic bases for using hair and nail for analyses of trace elements.
TL;DR: The structure and histogenesis of hair and nails are discussed in relation to mechanisms by which trace elements are incorporated into these tissues and some of the problems involved in analysis are presented.
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Tissue zinc levels and zinc excretion during experimental zinc depletion in young men
Marion Taylor Baer,Janet C. King +1 more
TL;DR: Plasma and urinary zinc levels were highly correlated when urinary zinc was 150 micrograms/day or more, indicating that urinary zinc responds more rapidly than plasma zinc to dietary changes and may be useful for evaluating zinc nutriture.