Zinc deficiency in children with environmental enteropathy - Development of new strategies: Report from an expert workshop

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1198-1207

  Young, Graeme P ^a   Mortimer, Elissa K ^a   Gopalsamy, Geetha L ^a   Alpers, David H ^b   Binder, Henry J ^c   Manary, Mark J ^b   Ramakrishna, Balakrishnan S ^d   Brown, Ian L ^a   Brewer, Thomas G ^e  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.9 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; PHYTATE; THYMULIN; UROGUANYLIN; ZINC; ZINC TRANSPORTER;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENTEROPATHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TABLET; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINE; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC;

EID: 84907266308     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.075036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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