Concentration of Arsenic, Selenium, Zinc, Iron and Copperin the Urine of Blackfoot Disease Patients at Different Clinical Stages

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 493-510

  Wang, Chin Thin ^a,b  

^a Ta Jen University   (Taiwan)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COPPER; IRON; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ARSENIC; COPPER; HAIR; HUMANS; IRON; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 0030035990     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1996.34.6.493     Document Type: Article

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