Journal of Nutrition and Health
- Volume 17 Issue 2
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- Pages.137-144
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- 1984
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- 2288-3886(pISSN)
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- 2288-3959(eISSN)
A Study on the Zinc Concentration in Serum and Hair of Korean Female Collegians
한국 여대생의 혈청과 두발중 아연 함량에 관한 연구
- Sung, Chong-Ja (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Sook Myung Women's University)
- 승정자 (숙명여자대학교 가정대학 식품영양과)
- Published : 1984.06.30
Abstract
Due to the fact that blood gathering is not readily accepted by people, it has been difficult to make a full-scale study on zinc through blood analysis. For that reason, in this paper, a correlation of zinc contents in serum and hair was studied to find out whether only hair, which is relatively easy to collect, can be used for a measurement of zinc content. The subjects were 47 healthy female collegians selected at random whose average age was 22, mean height 159.1cm and average weight 49.7kg. The mean zinc value in serum of subjects was
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