Serum zinc levels and its association with vitamin A levels among tuberculosis patients

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 130-134

  Ali, Wahid ^a   Ahmad, Irfan ^a   Srivastava, Vinod ^a   Prasad, Rajendra ^b   Kushwaha, Ram Avadh ^a   Saleem, Mohd ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Deficiency; tuberculosis; vitamin A; zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897651546     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.127310     Document Type: Article

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