Zinc, copper, and blood pressure: Human population studies

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Carpenter, William E ^a   Lam, Derek ^a   Toney, Glenn M ^a   Weintraub, Neal L ^b   Qin, Zhenyu ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Hypertension; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BLOOD PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; POLLUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASOCONSTRICTION; ZINC METABOLISM;

EID: 84876866944     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.883708     Document Type: Review

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