HUMAN HAIR INSTRUMENTAL, NEUTRON-ACTIVATION ANALYSIS AND MEDICINE

Periodically increasing and decreasing enthusiasm has accompanied the studies of medical significance of human hair elemental composition fo r at least two decades. In this field, nuclear analytical methods play an extremely important role, especially the instrumental neutron acti vation analysis (INAA). This paper tries to add some new knowledge to this problem. Two approaches are used - comparison of individual hair composition with certain diagnoses in clinic groups and comparison of population data with medical statistics. Rather large samples and mult ielement mathematical procedures helped reveal strong correlations val uable for diagnostic and health screening.