Serum zinc and copper levels in malnourished pre-school age children in Jos, north central Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-354

  Ugwuja, E I ^a   Nwosu, K O ^a   Ugwu, N C ^a   Okonji, M ^b  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Fed Sch of Med Lab Sciences   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Copper; Deficiency; Malnutrition; Pre school age; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COPPER; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTEIN; ZINC;

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD NUTRITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARASMUS; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34250011742     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2007.349.354     Document Type: Article

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