Serum zinc and its relation to bone mineral density in β-thalassemic adolescents

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-224

  Bekheirnia, Mir Reza ^a,b,e   Shamshirsaz, Alireza Abdollah ^a,b,e   Kamgar, Mohammad ^a,b,e   Bouzari, Navid ^b   Erfanzadeh, Ghazaleh ^d   Pourzahedgilani, Nima ^b   Tabatabaie, Seyed Mahmood ^b,c   Shamshirsaz, Amirhooshang Abdollah ^c,e   Kimiagar, Masood ^c   Ezzati, Fatemeh ^b   Larijani, Bagher ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Charity Found for Special Diseases   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Mahdad Medical Centre   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Dietary zinc intake; Osteoporosis; Serum zinc; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ZINC;

EID: 12144287429     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:97:3:215     Document Type: Article

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