Soil zinc is associated with serum zinc but not with linear growth of children in Ethiopia

Nutrients

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

  Tessema, Masresha ^a,b,c   De Groote, Hugo ^d   Brouwer, Inge D ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Belachew, Tefera ^c   Zerfu, Dilnesaw ^b   Belay, Adamu ^b   Demelash, Yoseph ^b   Gunaratna, Nilupa S ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER   (Kenya)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Linear growth; Preschool children; Serum zinc; Soil fertility; Soil zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ZINC;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHLEBOTOMIST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEFICIENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; SOIL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SOIL; ZINC;

EID: 85060518315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu11020221     Document Type: Article

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