IHD from copper deficiency: A unified theory

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 172-179

  Klevay, Leslie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic beverages; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Ischaemic heart disease; Paraoxonase; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYTOCHROME C; ELASTIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; COPPER; IRON;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT INTAKE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; ANIMAL; DEFICIENCY; DIET; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEART DISEASE; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; COPPER; DIET; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IRON; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84976389285     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422416000093     Document Type: Article

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