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TRACE ELEMENT STUDIES IN KARACHI POPULATIONS PART III: BLOOD COPPER, ZINC, MAGNESIUM AND LEAD LEVELS IN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS WITH DISTURBED BEHAVIOUR

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Title: TRACE ELEMENT STUDIES IN KARACHI POPULATIONS PART III: BLOOD COPPER, ZINC, MAGNESIUM AND LEAD LEVELS IN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS WITH DISTURBED BEHAVIOUR

Authors: William Wt Manser , M. Altaf Khan , Zaki Hasan 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1989

Volume: 39

Issue: 9

Language: English

Categories
Blood Analysis (11) Trace Elements (65) Medicine (22336) Psychiatry (4152) Neurology (7533)

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Abstract


Blood levels of copper, zinc, magnesium and lead were determined in 29 males and 15 females suffering from disturbed behaviour. As far as we could ascertain they were under no medication and belonged to low income groups. Male patients had significantly higher levels than female patients for zinc (0.05> P >0.01) but there was no sexual difference for magnesium or copper. In patients copper and lead levels were higher than for normals (P

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