Copper Metabolism in Man
- 2 November 1961
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 265 (18) , 892-897
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196111022651806
Abstract
THE element copper is ubiquitously distributed on the earth's surface. Its tin alloy, bronze, has been in use for four thousand years, and the salts of the metal were employed in the therapy of eye disease in Babylon, Assyria and Egypt.1 Copper was identified in plant2 , 3 and animal4 material a hundred and forty years ago and was considered a contaminant. It is only in this century that it has been recognized as an essential constituent of all living things and that derangements in copper metabolism have been recognized in human and animal diseases.Distribution of Copper in the BodyCopper . . .Keywords
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