Parameters of evaluation of zinc nutritional status: Comparison between zinc hair rates and serum alkaline phosphatase in pre-scholars of the Municipality of João Pessoa, Paraíba

Revista Brasileira de Saude Materno Infantil

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 275-282

  Da Silva Santana, Sandra Cristina ^a   Diniz, Alcides Da Silva ^a   Lóla, Margarida Maria De Feitas ^b   De Oliveira, Rejane Santana ^b   Silva, Solange Maria Miranda ^b   De Oliveira, Severino Francisco ^b   Kolsteren, Patrick ^c  

^a Federal University of Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Nutrição Enfermagem e Química   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Child; Nutritional status; Preschool; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649106532     PISSN: 15193829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-38292002000300008     Document Type: Article

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