Hair concentrations of calcium, iron, and zinc in pregnant women and effects of supplementation

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-282

  Leung, Po Lau ^a   Huang, Han Ming ^a   Sun, Da Ze ^b   Zhu, Mei Guang ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TIANJIN JINHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c TIANJIN HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium; China; Deficiency; Iron; Mineral element nutrient; Pregnancy; X ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON; ZINC; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CHINA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SAMPLING; TISSUE LEVEL; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0032779521     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02783879     Document Type: Article

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