Plasma copper and zinc levels in pregnant women in Gaziantep, Turkey

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1121-1125

  Meram, Iclal ^a   Bozkurt, Ali I ^a   Ozcirpici, Birgül ^a   Ahi, Sibel ^a   Ozgur, Servet ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; TURKEY; ZINC;

EID: 0242720964     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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