title: [Hair vanadium content and nutritional status of students of the Medical University of Białystok].
abstract: The aim of the study was to determine the vanadium content in the hair of students of the Medical University of Białystok and to find out whether its level in the organism measured basing on its hair content correlates with the nutritional status. The study involved 134, 127 and 125 students in the years 2000-2003, respectively. Hair vanadium content was determined using the atomic absorption spectrophotometry method with atomization in a graphite cuvette (ET AAS) on a Hitachi Z-5000 apparatus. The nutritional status was evaluated based on the body mass index BMI. Higher vanadium content was detected in the hair of female students compared to male students. Negative correlation was noted between vanadium content in the hair of female students and their nutritional status.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Higieny i Epidemiologii, Akademia Medyczna, 15-089 Białystok, ul. Mickiewicza 2c.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stefańska
authors.forename: Lucyna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ostrowska
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Czapska
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karczewski
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borawska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology; D006108:Graphite; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014639:Vanadium / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014639:Vanadium; D006108:Graphite