Copper in infant nutrition: Safety of World Health Organization provisional guideline value for copper content of drinking water

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-257

  Olivares, Manuel ^a   Pizarro, Fernando ^a   Speisky, Hernán ^a   Lönnerdal, Bo ^b   Uauy, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Copper status; Copper toxicity; Drinking water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; COPPER METABOLISM; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STANDARD; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; DRINKING; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITION POLICY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031910923     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199803000-00003     Document Type: Article

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