Blood pressure and levels of Fe, Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, Na and K in the hair of young bantu men from Tanzania

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 350-359

  Rȩbacz Maron, Ewa ^a   Baranowska Bosiacka, Irena ^b   Gutowska, Izabela ^b   Chlubek, Dariusz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^b POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Africa; Bantu; BMI; Ca; Cu; DBP; Fe; K; Mg; Na; SBP; Tanzania; Trace elements; Zn

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD QUALITY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINERAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; COPPER; HAIR; HUMANS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MALE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84885927723     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9578-3     Document Type: Article

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