Ratio of low serum zinc levels in elderly Japanese people living in the central part of Japan

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 375-381

  Kogirima, M ^a   Kurasawa, R ^b   Kubori, S ^b   Sarukura, N ^c   Nakamori, M ^c   Okada, S ^d   Kamioka, H ^e   Yamamoto, S ^c  

^a DOSHISHA WOMEN'S COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS   (Japan)

^b Mimaki Onsen (Spa) Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d Physical Education and Medicine Research Foundation   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 33847620690     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602520     Document Type: Article

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