A case-control study on selenium, zinc, and copper in plasma and hair of subjects affected by breast and lung cancer

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-30

  Piccinini, Lino ^a,b   Borella, Paola ^a   Bargellini, Annalisa ^a   Medici, Cristina Incerti ^a   Zoboli, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast cancer; copper; hair; lung cancer; plasma; Selenium; zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINERAL BLOOD LEVEL; ONSET AGE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030063933     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02790144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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