Evaluation of a New X-Ray Fluorescent Analysis Technique for the Creation of a Nordic Hair Database: Elemental Distributions Within the Root and the Virgin Segment of Hair Fibers

September 2001 in “ PubMed ”

B. Stocklassa, M Aransay-Vitores, Gert Nilsson, C Karlsson, D. Wiegleb, B Forslind

X-ray fluorescence elemental content biological tissues human hair fibers ITRAX X-ray spectrometer trace elements physiologically important elements

Studysummary This study developed a non-destructive X-ray fluorescence technique to quantitatively analyze elemental content in human hair and constructed a database of element concentrations in healthy Swedish, Caucasian individuals.

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