Copper and zinc status as a risk factor
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G.W. Mielcarz; A.N. Howard; N.R. Williams; G.D. Kinsman; E. Moriguchi; Y. Morigu
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The present study compares 75 Japanese men and women living in Okinawa (age adjusted mortality rate for IHD: men 26.41; women 14.48) with 164 Japanese immigrants in Brazil (IHD: men 89.45; women 62.62). In each population, leucocyte copper levels were the same in men and women, but plasma copper was