EURRECA-Estimating Zinc Requirements for Deriving Dietary Reference Values

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1110-1123

  Lowe, Nicola M ^a   Dykes, Fiona C ^a   Skinner, Anna Louise ^a   Patel, Sujata ^a   Warthon Medina, Marisol ^a   Decsi, Tamás ^b   Fekete, Katalin ^b   Souverein, Olga W ^c   Dullemeijer, Carla ^c   Cavelaars, Adriënne E ^c   Serra Majem, Lluis ^d,e   Nissensohn, Mariela ^d,e   Bel, Silvia ^f   Moreno, Luis A ^f   Hermoso, Maria ^g   Vollhardt, Christiane ^g   Berti, Cristiana ^h   Cetin, Irene ^h   Gurinovic, Mirjana ⁱ   Novakovic, Romana ⁱ   Harvey, Linda J ^j   Collings, Rachel ^j   Hall Moran, Victoria ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^g LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h Ospedale San Paolo   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

dietary recommendations; systematic review; Zinc; zinc bioavailability; zinc intake; zinc requirements; zinc status

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LITERATURE SEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZINC BIOAVAILABILITIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE VALUE; LEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; REFERENCE VALUES; ZINC;

EID: 84883415284     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2012.742863     Document Type: Review

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