Zinc Content of Hair from the Head of Carcinoma Patients

March 1962 in “ Nature ”

N. W. H. Addink, L. J. P. FRANK

Studysummary This study found that zinc content decreases not only in the blood but also in other tissues like the heart, spleen, liver, and kidney of carcinoma patients.

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