Correlation between birth weight, leptin, zinc and copper levels in maternal and cord blood
โ Scribed by U. Ozdemir; S. Gulturk; A. Aker; T. Guvenal; G. Imir; T. Erselcan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 86 KB
- Volume
- 63
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1138-7548
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