The role of zinc in health and disease: Relevance to child health in developing countries

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 68-73

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; LACTATION; MALNUTRITION; VITAMIN METABOLISM; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIET; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

EID: 0030848409     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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