Longitudinal measures of circulating leptin and ghrelin concentrations are associated with the growth of young Peruvian children but are not affected by zinc supplementation

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1111-1119

  Arsenault, Joanne E ^a   Havel, Peter J ^a   De Romaña, Daniel López ^b   Penny, Mary E ^b   Van Loan, Marta D ^a,c   Brown, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Growth; Infants; Insulin; Leptin; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; LEPTIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERU; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 35148847262     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.4.1111     Document Type: Article

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