title: Hair as a biopsy material for the assessment of trace element status in infancy. A review.
abstract: Results of the studies reviewed suggest that hair represents a promising biopsy material to study trace element redistribution and changes in trace-element status during early infancy. Caution must be exercised in sampling and only proximal, recently-grown hair collected. Appropriate standard washing procedures must also be employed and sensitive analytical techniques used for the determination of hair trace element concentrations.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002857:Chromium / Q000032:analysis; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008345:Manganese / Q000032:analysis; D008892:Milk; D008895:Milk, Human; D011247:Pregnancy; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis*; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014131:Trace Elements; D002857:Chromium; D008345:Manganese; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc