Serum trace elements and fat-soluble vitamins A and E in healthy pre- school children from a Venezuelan rural community

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 40-50

  Brunetto, M R ^a   Alarcon O M ^a   Davila E ^a   Contreras, Y ^a   Gallignani, M ^a   Rondon C ^a   Burguera, J L ^a   Burguera, M ^a   Angarita, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Pre school children; Serum copper; Serum iron; Serum vitamin A; Serum vitamin E; Serum zinc

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COPPER; IRON; RETINOL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING; VENEZUELA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032813874     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0946-672X(99)80022-4     Document Type: Article

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