Lower toenail chromium in men with diabetes and cardiovascular disease compared with healthy men

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2211-2216

  Rajpathak, Swapnil ^a   Rimm, Eric B ^a,b   Li, Tricia ^a   Morris, J Steven ^c   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Hu, Frank B ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; TOE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOES;

EID: 4444300965     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.9.2211     Document Type: Article

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