Essentiality of copper in humans

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Uauy, Ricardo ^a   Olivares, Manuel ^a   Gonzalez, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Copper; Copper deficiency; Copper nutrition; Copper requirements; Humans; Metal responsive elements; Oxidoreductase enzymes; Superoxide dismutase; Toxicity; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ANEMIA; BONE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPPER DEFICIENCY; COPPER METABOLISM; DIETARY INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; NUTRITION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031971570     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.5.952S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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