Lower total serum protein, albumin and zinc in depression in an Iranian population

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 587-590

  Salimi, Saeedeh ^a   Kianpoor, M ^b   Abassi, M R ^a   Abdani, M ^a   Moghaddam, E S ^c  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Albumin; Depression; Total serum protein; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; PROTEIN; ZINC;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 60249098739     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2008.587.590     Document Type: Article

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