Prevalence of zinc deficiency in 3-18 years old children in Shiraz-Iran

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-8

  Dehghani, S M ^a   Katibeh, P ^b   Haghighat, M ^a   Moravej, H ^b   Asadi, S ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Deficiency; Iran; Malnutrition; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; WASTING SYNDROME; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 78651257194     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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