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Ultrastructural and Trace Metal Studies on Radiographers' Hair and Nails

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Title Ultrastructural and Trace Metal
Studies on Radiographers' Hair
and Nails
 
Creator Majumder, Sabita
Chatterjee, Jyotirmoy
Chaudhuri, Keya
 
Subject Molecular & Human Genetics
 
Description Scalp hair and fingernail samples of 42 medical radiographers
and 42 nonradiographers (control) with matching age groups and
food habits were collected for this study. Trace metal estimation by
atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) has indicated a significant
increase (P < 0.001) in Zn, Cu, and Cd contents in the radiographers'
hair and nails. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) reveled structural
changes in the hair and nails of radiographers. Significant alterations
in the Zn and Cd contents along with extensive structural damage in
the hair and nails probably indicate that low-dose X-radiation
imposes stress on these radiation workers.
 
Date 1999
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/662/1/BIOLOGICAL_TRACE_ELEMENT_RESEARCH__67(_2)127%2D138;1999[75].pdf
Majumder, Sabita and Chatterjee, Jyotirmoy and Chaudhuri, Keya (1999) Ultrastructural and Trace Metal Studies on Radiographers' Hair and Nails. Biological Trace Element Research, 67 (2). pp. 127-138.
 
Relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02784068
http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/662/