Serum Zinc and Copper Status in Hospitalized vs. Healthy Elderly Subjects

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 650-654

  Tébi, Ambroise ^a   Debry, Gérard ^a   Biaudet, Hughes ^b   Chau, Nearkasen ^c   Belbraouet, Slimane ^d   Gray Donald, Katherine ^e  

^a Centre Nutrition Humaine   (France)

^b ISHA ^*  (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Copper; Elderly; Trace elements; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ZINC;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COPPER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 40749092078     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2007.10719643     Document Type: Article

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