Maternal - Neonatal serum selenium and copper levels in Greeks and Albanians

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1314-1318

  Schulpis, K H ^a   Karakonstantakis, T ^b   Gavrili, S ^c   Chronopoulou, G ^b   Karikas, G A ^b   Vlachos, G ^c   Papassotiriou, I ^b  

^a Institute of Child Health   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albanian; Copper; Greek; Pregnancy neonates; Selenium

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GRAPHITE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEROLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4644280617     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601967     Document Type: Article

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