Estimating risk from copper excess in human populations

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Uauy, Ricardo ^a,b   Maass, Alejandro ^a   Araya, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPPER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; INTOXICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; POPULATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

EID: 51749093107     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/88.3.867s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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