Trace Elements - Administration & dosage
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Visual acuity outcomes after cataract surgery in patients with age-related macular degeneration: age-related eye disease study report no. 27.

20 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate visual acuity outcomes after cataract surgery in patients with varying degrees of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN: Cohort study. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 4757 participants enrolled in the Age-Related Eye Disease ... Read more...

Relative bioavailability of iron and folic acid from a new powdered supplement compared to a traditional tablet in pregnant women.

25 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Deficiencies of iron and folic acid during pregnancy can lead to adverse outcomes for the fetus, thus supplements are recommended. Adherence to current tablet-based supplements is documented to be poor. Recently a powdered form of ... Read more...

Manganese and birth outcome.

29 Jun 2009 Manganese is an essential mineral nutrient needed for proper fetal development and other important aspects of metabolism. However, manganese excess can have a potent neurotoxicity effect, especially in infants. Little is known about the effects of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Trace Elements - Administration & dosage'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Visual acuity outcomes after cataract surgery in patients with age-related macular degeneration: age-related eye disease study report no. 27. 20 Aug 2009
• Acrodermatitis enteropathica-like dermatosis associated with combined deficiency of zinc and amino acids. 30 Jul 2009
• Relative bioavailability of iron and folic acid from a new powdered supplement compared to a traditional tablet in pregnant women. 25 Jul 2009
• Vitamins and minerals. What you should know about essential nutrients. 29 Jun 2009
• Vitamins and trace elements are important for the integrity of the endocrine system. 29 Jun 2009
• Manganese and birth outcome. 29 Jun 2009
• Hepatic encephalopathy: pathophysiology and emerging therapies. 29 Jun 2009
• Nutrients and botanicals for treatment of stress: adrenal fatigue, neurotransmitter imbalance, anxiety, and restless sleep. 30 May 2009
• Impact of a positive deviance approach to improve the effectiveness of an iron-supplementation program to control nutritional anemia among rural Senegalese pregnant women. 30 May 2009
• Micronutrient supplementation in adult nutrition therapy: practical considerations. 17 May 2009
• Early diet and general cognitive outcome at adolescence in children born at or below 30 weeks gestation. 13 May 2009
• [Improved systematic availability of medicinal drugs in nursing: the Adapplicator system as a new administration device] 29 Apr 2009
• Iron prophylaxis in pregnancy: intravenous route versus oral route. 27 Apr 2009
• Regular consumption of a complementary food fortified with ascorbic acid and ferrous fumarate or ferric pyrophosphate is as useful as ferrous sulfate in maintaining hemoglobin concentrations >105 g/L in young Bangladeshi children. 27 Apr 2009
• Effects of selenomethionine supplementation on selenium status and thyroid hormone concentrations in healthy adults. 27 Apr 2009
• A prospective study of meat, cooking methods, meat mutagens, heme iron, and lung cancer risks. 13 Apr 2009
• [The role of zinc in the homeostasis of the human organism] 10 Apr 2009
• Iodine concentration of milk in a dose-response study with dairy cows and implications for consumer iodine intake. 3 Apr 2009
• The effects of iron and/or zinc supplementation on maternal reports of sleep in infants from Nepal and Zanzibar. 30 Mar 2009
• Dietary selenium requirements based on tissue selenium concentration and glutathione peroxidase activities in old female rats. 12 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Trace Elements'

Definition: A group of chemical elements that are needed in minute quantities for the proper growth, development, and physiology of an organism. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D014131

Alternative terms: Trace Elements; Elements, Trace; Biometals;

Related Mesh Headings: Micronutrients;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists; deficiency;

Tree Number: D27.505.696.377.605.555; J02.500.631.555;

Technical Notes: do not coordinate with METALS for "trace metals" nor with MINERALS for "trace minerals"; do not confuse with "tracers" used for detection or with trace amounts of substances in tissue, food, etc.