Prevalence of zinc and copper deficiencies in older subjects living in Metropolitan Santiago;Prevalencia de las deficiencias de zinc y cobre en adultos mayores de la Región Metropolitana de Santiago

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-289

  Oliivers, Manuel ^a   Lera, Lydia ^a   Albala, Cecilia ^a   Pizarro, Fernando ^a   Araya, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aged; Chile; Copper; Nutritional status; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; CHILE; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CHILE; CITIES; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; URBAN POPULATION; ZINC;

EID: 79960805716     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872011000300001     Document Type: Article

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