Abstract

CURRENTI SUAREZ, Haydeé  and  NAVARRO FERNANDEZ, Rolando. Procedimiento de colección y preservación de muestras de pelo humano para la determinación de metales. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 1995, vol.14, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3011.

A procedure for the collection and preservation of human hair samples for the quantitative determination of metals is described. Its application allows to obtain betwen 0.5 and 1.0 g of sample taken from the occipital region (vertex posterior). In its making, the recommendations carried out by the International Atomic Energy Agency and other institutions have been compiled.

Keywords : Hair; collection; preservation; metals.