Acute phase protein levels, T. trichiura, and maternal education are predictors of serum zinc in a cross-sectional study in Bangladeshi children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2262-2268

  Kongsbak, Katja ^a   Wahed, Mohammed A ^b   Friis, Henrik ^c   Thilsted, Shakuntala H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 33746610587     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.8.2262     Document Type: Article

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