Differentiation of serum levels of trace elements in normal and malignant breast patients

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-18

  Wu, Hong Dar Isaac ^a   Chou, Sze Yuan ^a,b   Chen, Dar Ren ^c   Kuo, Hsien Wen ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Differentiating reference; Logistic regression; Serum; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CADMIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANGANESE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 33751165049     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:113:1:9     Document Type: Article

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