Effects of chromium or copper supplementation on plasma lipids, plasma glucose and serum insulin in adults over age fifty

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-45

  Hermann, Janice ^a   Chung, Hyunhee ^a   Arquitt, Andrea ^a   Goad, Carla ^a   Burns, Michelle ^a   Chan, Benjamin ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Chromium; Copper; Elderly; Lipids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979056445     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v18n01_03     Document Type: Article

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