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Useful links and references

Useful links

US National Academies Press IOM Dietary reference intakes: Copper, 2006.

Dietary copper and human health


Further reading 

de Romana DL, Olivares M, Uauy R, Araya M 2011 Risks and benefits of copper in light of new insights of copper homeostasis. J Trace Elem Med Biol 25:3-13.

Festa RA, Thiele DJ 2011 Copper: an essential metal in biology. Curr Biol 21:R877-883.

Lutsenko S 2010 Human copper homeostasis: a network of interconnected pathways. Curr Opin Chem Biol 14:211-217.

Malavolta M, Piacenza F, Basso A, Giacconi R, Costarelli L, Mocchegiani E 2015 Serum copper to zinc ratio: Relationship with aging and health status. Mech Ageing Dev 151:93-100.

Scheiber I, Dringen R, Mercer JF 2013 Copper: effects of deficiency and overload. Met Ions Life Sci 13:359-387.

Scheiber IF, Mercer JF, Dringen R 2014 Metabolism and functions of copper in brain. Prog Neurobiol 116:33-57.


References

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3.         National Academies Press, US Institute of Medicine 2006 Dietary Reference Intakes. The essential guide to nutrient requirements. Copper.

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5.         Collins JF 2016 Copper: Basic Physiological and Nutritional Aspects. In: Collins J.F., (ed) Molecular, Genetic, and Nutritional Aspects of Major and Trace Minerals. Vol. Academic Press, 69-83.

6.         Danks DM 1988 Copper deficiency in humans. Annu Rev Nutr 8:235-257.

7.         Catalani S, Paganelli M, Gilberti ME, Rozzini L, Lanfranchi F, Padovani A, Apostoli P 2018 Free copper in serum: An analytical challenge and its possible applications. J Trace Elem Med Biol 45:176-180.

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15.       Sreenivasa Rao K, Balaji T, Prasada Rao T, Babu Y, Naidu GRK 2002 Determination of iron, cobalt, nickel, manganese, zinc, copper, cadmium and lead in human hair by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 57:1333-1338.