Excessive Intake of Zinc Impairs Immune Responses

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 252, Issue 11, 1984, Pages 1443-1446

  Chandra, Ranjit Kumar ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM 45; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; ZINC;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CHEMOTAXIS; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ADULT; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CHOLESTEROL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; ZINC;

EID: 0021183008     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1984.03350110043027     Document Type: Article

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