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Trace element analysis of hair of mentally retarded children

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Unlike previously reported Zn and Se levels were found to be the same in the hair of mentally retarded children and controls. Non-essential toxic Ag concentration was low whereas that of Hg, Au and Sc rather high in mentally retarded children.

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  1. Department of Physics, Punjabi University, 147 002, Patiala, India

    H. P. S. Bhandari, G. Lal, N. P. S. Sidhu, V. K. Mittal & H. S. Sahota

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Bhandari, H.P.S., Lal, G., Sidhu, N.P.S. et al. Trace element analysis of hair of mentally retarded children. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 119, 379–385 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02162048

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