Field Use of Hair Epilation Force in Nutrition Status Assessment

    February 1982 in “ American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ”
    DN Smelser, NB Smelser, CL Krumdieck … GT Laven
    Studysummary This study observed that Nigerians with lower serum albumin levels had a significantly reduced hair epilation force, suggesting that hair pluckability might indicate protein depletion rather than energy depletion.
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    Research cited in this study 3

    1. Trichotillometry: The Quantitation of Hair Pluckability as a Method of Nutritional Assessment American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1981
    2. Protein Deprivation: Comparative Response of Hair Roots, Serum Protein, and Urinary Nitrogen American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 1971
    3. Hair-Root Changes in Andean Indian Children During Marasmic Kwashiorkor The Lancet · 1968