The effect of supplemental zinc on the height and weight percentiles of children

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-152

  Hakimi, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Hashemi, Forough ^c   Valaeei, Naser ^b   Kimiagar, Seyed Masood ^b   Velayati, Ali Akbar ^a   Boloursaz, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometry; Height and weight percentiles; Oral zinc sulfate solution; Serum zinc; Zinc deficiency syndrome

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; SEX RATIO; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 33645797186     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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