Associations between serum C-reactive protein and serum zinc, ferritin, and copper in Guatemalan school children

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-160

  Bui, Vinh Q ^a   Stein, Aryeh D ^a,b   DiGirolamo, Ann M ^c   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^a,b   Flores Ayala, Rafael C ^a,b   Ramirez Zea, Manuel ^d   Grant, Frederick K ^a,b   Villalpando, Salvador ^e   Martorell, Reynaldo ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Health Unit   (United States)

^d Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Copper; Ferritin; Inflammation; School children; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COPPER; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; ZINC;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GUATEMALA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; COPPER; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GUATEMALA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRON; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 84864657716     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9358-0     Document Type: Article

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