Serum zinc levels in children of 0-24 months diagnosed with pneumonia admitted to our clinic

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-233

  Arica, Seçil ^a   Arica, Vefik ^a   Dag, Hüseyin ^b   Kaya, Ayşen ^c   Hatipoglu, Sami ^d   Fenercioglu, Aysen ^e   Karatekin, Güner ^f  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OKMEYDANI TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d BAKIRKOY DR SADI KONUK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Zeynep Kamil Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Pneumonia; Zinc

Indexed keywords

IRON; PROTEIN; ZINC;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80053591939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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