Correlation between serum testosterone level and concentrations of copper and zinc in hair tissue

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 264-271

  Chang, Chung Soo ^a   Choi, Jong Bo ^a   Kim, Hae Jin ^a   Park, Sat Byul ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Copper; Cu Zn ratio; Testosterone; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; TESTOSTERONE; ZINC;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENOPAUSE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; COPPER; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ZINC;

EID: 84155167950     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9085-y     Document Type: Article

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