Reference values for serum zinc concentration and prevalence of zinc deficiency in adult iranian subjects

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-314

  Ghasemi, Asghar ^a   Zahediasl, Saleh ^a   Hosseini Esfahani, Firoozeh ^b   Azizi, Fereidoun ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Healthy Iranians; Population; Reference values; Serum zinc; Zinc intake

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84871719438     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9445-2     Document Type: Article

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