The status of trace elements in lymphoma and esophageal cancer patients: A case study

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 84, 2011, Pages 19645-19649

  Ahmad, Bashir ^a   Ghani, Humaira ^a   Azam, Sadiq ^a   Bashir, Shumaila ^a   Begum, Naseem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b Institute of Radioactive and Nuclear Medicines (IRNUM)   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Lymphoma; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CANCER PATIENT; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NAIL LEVEL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PAKISTAN; TISSUE LEVEL; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84855800296     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1450     Document Type: Article

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