ZINC CONTENT OF RED AND WHITE BLOOD CELLS IN ABORIGINAL CHILDREN
| Autor: | R. Spargo, D. Ness, H. J. Hay, N. Ludwigsen, L. Lattanzio, D. B. Cheek |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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Erythrocytes Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Adolescent Lymphocyte chemistry.chemical_element Physiology Zinc Granulocyte White blood cell Internal Medicine medicine Humans Lymphocytes Child biology business.industry Spectrophotometry Atomic Australia Spectrometry X-Ray Emission biology.organism_classification Red blood cell medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Tasa Immunology Female Protons business Granulocytes |
| Zdroj: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine. 14:638-642 |
| ISSN: | 0004-8291 |
| Popis: | Studies were carried out on erythrocyte, granulocyte and lymphocyte zinc content of aboriginal children at the La Grange settlement in the north-west area of the Kimberley. Forty-eight children, 34 boys and 14 girls between 6 and 13 years were studied. Only the boys were investigated for white blood cell (WBC) zinc. Twenty-five Caucasian children volunteered to give blood for control studies. Two approaches were made concerning zinc analyses, atomic absorption spectroscopy and proton induced x-ray emission. It was found that lymphocyte, granulocyte and erythrocyte zinc content were significantly reduced in aboriginal boys aged 6 to 13 years. Since the turnover of white blood cells is relatively fast, it follows that the zinc content of these cells may be a true index of current zinc status confirming previous observations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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