Dietary Zinc Deficiency and Protein-Energy Malnutrition Decrease in Vitro Murine T Lymphocyte Cell Cycle Progression

Journal of Nutritional Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 71-83

  Bossuyt, Pamela J ^a   Rector, Edward S ^a,b   Taylor, Carla G ^a  

^a Department of Foods and Nutrition ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Malnutrition; Proliferation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344230908     PISSN: 10495150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J053v05n03_06     Document Type: Article

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