Serum levels of trace elements and iron-deficiency anemia in adult Vietnamese

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Van Nhien, Nguyen ^a,c   Khan, Nguyen Cong ^c   Yabutani, Tomoki ^b   Ninh, Nguyen Xuan ^c   Kassu, Afework ^a   Huong, Bui Thi Mai ^a,c   Do, Tran Thanh ^c   Motonaka, Junko ^b   Ota, Fusao ^a  

^a Institute of Health Biosciences   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Copper; Ferritin; Hemoglobin; Iron; Selenium; Vietnam; Vitamin A; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; VIET NAM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COPPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; VIETNAM; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

EID: 33748607978     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:111:1:1     Document Type: Article

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