title: [Blood levels of zinc in normal subjects].
abstract: Zinc serum concentrations were studied by flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry in normal subjects at the Blood Bank of Maracaibo, Venezuela. We analyzed 487 serum samples: 444 from males and 43 from females. The concentration detected was 84 +/- 20 (mean +/- S.D.) microgram Zn/100 ml. The statistical analysis of data did not show any significant differences between age and sex in the groups studied. No-functional relationship was determined between zinc serum concentrations and age and sex of subjects.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paz de Moncada
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chacín de Bonilla
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Villasmil
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Estévez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonilla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014687:Venezuela; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc
vernacular_title: Concentraciones séricas de cinc en sujetos normales.