Srivastava A K, Gupta B N
Epidemiology Division, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, India.
Vet Hum Toxicol. 1994 Dec;36(6):556-60.
Increasing use of chemicals and the resultant human exposure have put pressure on environmentalists to find new ways of monitoring human chemical uptake. Examination of hair is emerging as a useful tool for the assessment of exposure loads for certain toxicants and pollutants and can be effectively used for monitoring and preventing environmental and occupational morbidity in specific population groups. Hair is an easily available biological tissue which, because of its typical morphology, reflects disease conditions within the body. It also provides a permanent record of the trace elements associated with normal and abnormal metabolism, as well as those elements assimilated from the environment.
化学物质使用的增加以及由此导致的人体接触，给环保主义者带来了压力，促使他们寻找监测人体化学物质摄取的新方法。头发检测正逐渐成为评估某些有毒物质和污染物暴露量的有用工具，并可有效用于监测和预防特定人群的环境和职业发病率。头发是一种易于获取的生物组织，由于其典型的形态，能够反映体内的疾病状况。它还提供了与正常和异常新陈代谢相关的微量元素以及从环境中吸收的那些元素的永久记录。
