Zinc and copper concentrations in serum from Spanish women during pregnancy

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-70

  Martin Lagos F ^a   Navarro Alarcon M ^a   Terres Martos C ^a   Lopez Garcia De La Serrana H ^a   Perez Valero V ^b   Lopez Martinez M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Hospital de Motril   (Spain)

Author keywords

Copper; Gestation period; Pregnancy; Serum; Spanish women; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SPAIN; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031952977     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784041     Document Type: Article

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