Iron, zinc, copper and magnesium nutritional status in Mexican children aged 1 to 11 years

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-134

  Morales Ruán, Ma del Carmen ^a   Villalpando, Salvador ^a   García Guerra, Armando ^a   Shamah Levy, Teresa ^a   Robledo Pérez, Ricardo ^a   Ávila Arcos, Marco Antonio ^a   Rivera, Juan A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Children; Copper; Iron; Magnesium; Mexico; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864505837     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342012000200008     Document Type: Article

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