Zinc nutritional status in preschool children in different communities in southern Ghana

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-18

  Takyi, E E K ^a   Asibey Berko, E ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ZINC;

CHILD HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ZINC;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; GHANA; GROWTH DISORDER; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WASTING SYNDROME; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZINC;

GHANA;

EID: 0032735303     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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