Impact of vegetarian diet on serum immunoglobulin levels in children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 241-246

  Gorczyca, Daiva ^a   Prescha, Anna ^a   Szeremeta, Karolina ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

children; immunoglobulin; vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IRON; PYRIDOXINE; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; OMNIVORE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IRON; MALE;

EID: 84874063138     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922812472250     Document Type: Article

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