Serum copper and zinc and the risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular disease

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 352-359

  Kok, Frans J ^a   Van Duijn, Cornelia M ^a,b   Hofman, Albert ^a   Van Der Voet, Gijsbert B ^c   De Wolff, Fred A ^c   Paays, Clay H Ch ^a   Valkenburg, Hans A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Copper; Longitudinal studies; Neoplasms; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COPPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ZINC;

EID: 0023724304     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114975     Document Type: Article

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