Trace-element analysis of human teeth and bone by proton-induced X-ray emission
Cua, F.T.; Hall, G.S.
Biological Trace Element Research 12(1): 133-142
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0163-4984
PMID: 24254594
DOI: 10.1007/bf02796671
Accession: 001721068
The aim of the study was to correlate Fe, Cu, Zn, Pb, Br, Sr and Mo concentrations in human teeth crown, root and bone. The samples, teeth from a lower jaw bone and the lower jaw bone itself, were obtained post mortem from a woman 97 years old; 200 mg of crown and root of the teeth, and lower jaw bones were fixed to a Kapton film and irradiated with a 3.8-MeV external proton beam from an 8-MV FN Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator.