Stunting and zinc deficiency among primary school children in rural areas with low soil zinc concentrations in Jiangsu Province, China;Chinese Source

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-21

  Qin, Yu ^a,b   Melse Boonstra, Alida ^b   Zhao, Jinkou ^a   Wu, Ming ^a   Hu, Xiaoshu ^c   Kok, Frans J ^d  

^a Jiangsu Province Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c China Jiangsu Provincial Ministry of Health   (China)

^d Jiangsu Provincial Ministry of Health   (China)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Children; China; Stunting; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; ZINC;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOIL;

ANEMIA; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOIL; ZINC;

EID: 67649992442     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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