Manganese levels in serum of healthy Venezuelan infants living in Mérida

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 210-213

  Alarcon O M ^a,d   Reinosa Fuller, J A ^b   Silva, T ^a   Ramirez De Fernandez, M ^a   Gamboa, J ^c  

^a Universidad De Los Andes Facultad de Medicina   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c Hospital Universitario de Los Andes   (Venezuela)

^d Escuela de Nutricion y Dietetica   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Age; Infants; Serum manganese; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030465945     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0946-672X(96)80037-X     Document Type: Article

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