Leucocyte copper, a marker of copper body status is low in coronary artery disease

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-35

  Mielcarz, G ^a,b   Howard, A N ^a,b   Mielcarz, B ^a,b   Williams, N R ^a,b   Rajput Williams, J ^a,b   Nigdigar, S V ^a,b   Stone, D L ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper; Coronary heart disease; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

EID: 0034810615     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0946-672X(01)80023-7     Document Type: Article

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