Red meat and a fortified manufactured toddler milk drink increase dietary zinc intakes without affecting zinc status of New Zealand toddlers

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2221-2226

  Morgan, Emily J ^a   Heath, Anne Louise M ^a   Szymlek Gay, Ewa A ^a,b   Gibson, Rosalind S ^a   Gray, Andrew R ^a   Bailey, Karl B ^a   Ferguson, Elaine L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HAIR LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FORTIFIED MILK DRINK; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED MEAT; TODDLER; TREATMENT DURATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INFANT; MEAT PRODUCTS; NEW ZEALAND; PLACEBOS; ZINC;

EID: 78649535309     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.120717     Document Type: Article

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