The relationship between zinc intake and serum/plasma zinc concentration in children: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis

Nutrients

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 841-858

  Moran, Victoria Hall ^a   Stammers, Anna Louise ^a   Medina, Marisol Warthon ^a   Patel, Sujata ^a   Dykes, Fiona ^a   Souverein, Olga W ^b   Dullemeijer, Carla ^b   Pérez Rodrigo, Carmen ^c   Serra Majem, Lluis ^d   Nissensohn, Mariela ^d   Lowe, Nicola M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Bilbao City Council   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Dietary recommendations; Dose response; EURRECA; Serum zinc; Systematic review; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84870308113     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu4080841     Document Type: Review

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