Zinc supplementation in elderly nursing home residents

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-

  Meydani, Simin Nikbin ^a,b,c,d   Hamer, Davidson H ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC;

AGED; ASSOCIATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LETTER; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA; ZINC;

EID: 67651085118     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/600819     Document Type: Letter

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