Basal Urinary Zinc/Creatinine Ratio as an Indicator of Dietary Zinc Intake in Healthy Adult Women

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 413-417

  de Portela, María L ^a   Weisstaub, Adriana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Urinary zinc; Women; Zinc intake

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; URINALYSIS; ZINC URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; CREATININE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ZINC;

EID: 0034122660     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2000.10718938     Document Type: Article

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