National Risk of Zinc Deficiency as Estimated by National Surveys

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-17

  Hess, Sonja Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dietary zinc intake; food balance sheet; national survey; plasma zinc concentration; stunting; zinc status

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WOMENS HEALTH; ZINC;

AFGHANISTAN; AZERBAIJAN; CHINA; MALDIVES; NIGERIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 85012284138     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116689000     Document Type: Review

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