Serum levels of Cu, Se, and Zn in adult rural/urban residents in Ghana: Paradigm shift?

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-149

  Asare, George A ^a   Nani, Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Ghana Atomic Energy Commission   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Copper; Rural; Selenium; Urban; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COPPER; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 79952110013     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-009-8571-y     Document Type: Article

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