Status and interrelationship of toenail elements in Pacific children

Conclusions This research contributes to the understanding of the elemental concentrations for Pacific children by using tissue samples from toenails, which improves the completeness of sampling than other tissues and provides a longer exposure time frame. The study also reports several inter-correlations between essential, non-essential and toxic elements in Pacific Island population.
Source: Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology - Category: Biochemistry Source Type: research