title: [Chemical elements in hair--biochemical and diagnostic aspects].
abstract: Contemporary view related to the mechanism of building--in of metals belonging to the group of bioelements into the hair structure has been presented. Both the practical usefulness of analysis of the hair bioelements in clinical practice and epidemiological studies and a possibility of misinterpretation of the results have been stressed by the Author.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Higieny i Epidemiologii, Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Karczewski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013045:Species Specificity; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D008670:Metals