Impact of Giardia lamblia on growth, serum levels of zinc, copper, and iron in Egyptian children

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Abou Shady, Omaima ^a   El Raziky, Mona S ^b   Zaki, Mayssa Mohamed ^a   Mohamed, Reham Kamal ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Copper; Giardia; Iron; Weight loss; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; ZINC;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; EGYPT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; ZINC;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 79952487031     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8673-6     Document Type: Article

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