Low levels of zinc in hair, anorexia, poor growth, and hypogeusia in children

Pediatric Research

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1972, Pages 868-874

  Hambidge, K Michael ^a   Hambidge, Carolyn ^a   Jacobs, Margaret ^a   Baum, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EATING DISORDER; GROWTH DISORDER; HAIR; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASTE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; EATING DISORDERS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HAIR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; TASTE DISORDERS; ZINC;

EID: 0015458639     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-197212000-00003     Document Type: Article

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55. The assistance of Mrs. JoAnn Curtis in preparation of this manuscript is gratefully acknowledged
56. Presented in part at the Western Society of Pediatric Research, Carmel, Calif., February 3-4, 1972; and at the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, Atlantic City, N. J., April 29, 1972.
57. This work was supported by Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Grant no. 12-14-100- 9941 (61). Also supported in part by United States Public Health Service Grant no. R01-AM-12432 from NIAMD, and by Grant no. RR-69 from the General Clinical Research Centers Program of the Division of Research Resources, National Institutes of Health