Effects of dietary copper deficiency on relative food intake and growth efficiency in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Allen, Corrie B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetite; Ceruloplasmin; Copper; Copper deficiency; Diet; Efficiency; Growth; Growth efficiency; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029864749     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02033-0     Document Type: Article

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