Zinc deficiency among a healthy population in Baghdad, Iraq

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1777-1781

  Al Timimi, Dhia J ^a   Al Sharbatti, Shatha S ^a   Al Najjar, Farouk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAQ; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 28844462964     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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