Serum zinc, copper, and magnesium levels in obese children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-341

  Yakinci, Gengiz ^a   Paç, Ayşenur ^a   Küçükbay, F Zehra ^a   Tayfun, Meltem ^a   Gül, Abdülkadir ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Copper; Magnesium; Obesity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 0030921436     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1997.tb03748.x     Document Type: Article

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