Daily intake of copper from drinking water among young children in Sweden

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 441-446

  Pettersson, Rolf ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Copper exposure; Daily intake; Drinking water

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; COPPER METABOLISM; DIETARY INTAKE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INTOXICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032790509     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107441     Document Type: Article

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