Zinc levels in the Nigerian full-time newborn from birth to six months

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-223

  Airede, A'K I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; REFERENCE VALUE; SERUM; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ZINC;

EID: 0030774753     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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