Dietary selenium and copper intake by resident undergraduate students of the University of Ghana

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-39

  Takyi, E E K ^a,b   Amankwa, P ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COPPER; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; COPPER; DIET; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELENIUM; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 3042822621     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i1.8792     Document Type: Article

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