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Serum copper-to-zinc-ratio and risk of incident infection in men: the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study

Infections are one of the main causes of mortality in elderly due to the decrease of immune response, for which copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) are claimed to be crucial. High serum copper-to-zinc-ratio (Cu/Zn-ratio) has been reported with infections, but little is known whether it could also predict the...

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Autores principales: Laine, Jaakko T., Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka, Salonen, Jukka T., Virtanen, Jyrki K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7762744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32405672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10654-020-00644-1