Hair mineralogram analysis for health assessment: Statistical bias from gender and aesthetic treatments

Autor:	Tatiana Saint’Pierre, Carlos G. Massone, Gabrielly Peregrino, Adriana Haddad Nudi
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	integumentary system Health assessment Psychology Analytical Chemistry Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	Brazilian Journal of Analytical Chemistry.
ISSN:	2179-3433 2179-3425
Popis:	The hair mineralogram is a complementary multielement analysis that provides information to aid in the diagnosis of a patient’s health status; however, aesthetic treatments can affect the analysis results. This research aimed to identify standard patterns among mineralogram results and some variables, such as gender and the use of aesthetical treatments that can point out differences and causes of variation in elemental concentrations in hair. For this purpose, 151 hair samples were obtained from volunteers and analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). This work is pilot research, part of a project to encourage girls to the STEM area, called “Girls in Science”, with financial support from the Brazilian Government. Mineralogram results were compared through statistical analysis. The results of natural hair indicate significant differences (p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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