Reference ranges of copper and zinc and the prevalence of their deficiencies in an Arab population aged 15-80 years

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-43

  Abiaka, Clifford ^a   Olusi, Samuel ^a   Al Awadhi, Adel ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Copper; Trace metals; Zinc; Zinc copper ratio

Indexed keywords

COPPER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; BODY MASS INDEX; COPPER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 0037278071     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:91:1:33     Document Type: Article

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