Correlates of Toenail Zinc in a Free-Living U.S. Population

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-77

  Gonzalez, Alejandro ^a   Peters, Ulrike ^a   Lampe, Johanna W ^a   Satia, Jessie A ^b   White, Emily ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; PHYTIC ACID; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOE; VEGETABLE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WASHINGTON; ZINC;

EID: 36549086576     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.07.100     Document Type: Article

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