Serum values of copper, zinc and selenium in adults resident in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-146

  Al Sayer, H ^a   Al Bader, A ^a   Khoursheed, M ^a   Asfar, S ^a   Hussain, T ^b   Behbehani, A ^a   Mathew, A ^a   Dashti, H ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Bayan Polyclinic   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Copper; Kuwaiti population; Selenium; Trace elements; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033798534     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026131     Document Type: Article

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