Is erythrocyte alkaline phosphatase activity a marker of zinc status in humans?

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-291

  Sammam, S ^a   Soto, C ^a   Cooke, L ^a   Ahmad, Z ^a   Farmakalidis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; erythrocytes; humans; zinc

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC METABOLISM;

EID: 0029869383     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02784083     Document Type: Article

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