Glycemic control and serum and urine levels of zinc and magnesium in diabetics in Calabar, Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-78

  Nsonwu, A C ^a   Usoro, C A O ^a   Etukudo, M H ^a   Usoro, I N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diabetes and glycemic control; Magnesium; Serum; Urine; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM METABOLISM; MAGNESIUM URINE LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; URINARY EXCRETION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC METABOLISM; ZINC URINE LEVEL;

EID: 33646423280     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2006.75.78     Document Type: Article

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