Serum selenium, copper and zinc concentrations in inhabitants of S. Miguel Isla...

• Autor(es): Viegas-Crespo, Ana Maria ; Pavão, Maria Leonor ; Santos, Maria Cristina ; Santos, Víctor ; Nève, Jean
• Data: 1997
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2833
• Origem: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Assunto(s): Selenium; Copper; Zinc
• Tipo de Documento: Documento de conferência
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

Abstract(2386) de Comunicação oral apresentada em "17th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" e "1997 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology", August 24-29, 1997 San Francisco, California, USA. Selenium, copper and zinc are trace elements which, besides having other biological functions, are cofactors of enzymes involved in antioxidant systems. The aim of this study is to report the first data on serum selenium, copper and zinc concentrations in Portuguese subjects (W – Women, n = 149; M, Men, n = 92) living in urban, rural and fishing regions of S. Miguel Island. […].