Effect of zinc supplementation on children's growth: A meta-analysis of intervention trials

Forum of Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue , 1998, Pages 76-83

  Brown, Kenneth H ^a   Peerson, Janet M ^a   Allen, Lindsay H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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