Copper nutriture amongst pregnant women in a rural area of India

Eastern Journal of Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-17

  Pathak, Priyali ^a   Kapoor, Suresh Kumar ^a   Kapil, Umesh ^a   Joshi, Yogendra Kumar ^a   Dwivedi, Sada Nand ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Copper deficiency; Copper nutriture; Dietary intake; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0038439454     PISSN: 13010883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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