Gestational age-specific reference intervals for blood copper, zinc, calcium, magnesium, iron, lead, and cadmium during normal pregnancy

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 777-780

  Zhang, Zhan ^a   Yuan, Enwu ^a   Liu, Junjie ^a   Lou, Xiaofeng ^a   Jia, Liting ^a   Li, Xiaofu ^a   Zhang, Linlin ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Reference values; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COPPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84877803423     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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