Zinc deficiency

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Key articles

Goh J, O'Morain CA. Review article: nutrition and adult inflammatory bowel disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2003 Feb;17(3):307-20.Full text  Abstract

Goh J, O'Morain CA. Review article: nutrition and adult inflammatory bowel disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2003 Feb;17(3):307-20.Full text  Abstract

Prasad AS. Zinc deficiency. BMJ. 2003 Feb 22;326(7386):409-10.Full text  Abstract

Meunier N, O'Connor JM, Maiani G, et al. Importance of zinc in the elderly: the ZENITH study. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005 Nov;59 Suppl 2:S1-4.Full text  Abstract

Ackland ML, Michalczyk A. Zinc deficiency and its inherited disorders - a review. Genes Nutr. 2006 Mar;1(1):41-9. Abstract

Lassi ZS, Kurji J, Oliveira CS, et al. Zinc supplementation for the promotion of growth and prevention of infections in infants less than six months of age. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Apr 8;4:CD010205.Full text  Abstract

Haase H, Overbeck S, Rink L. Zinc supplementation for the treatment or prevention of disease: current status and future perspectives. Exp Gerontol. 2008 May;43(5):394-408. Abstract

Haider BA, Bhutta ZA. The effect of therapeutic zinc supplementation among young children with selected infections: a review of the evidence. Food Nutr Bull. 2009 Mar;30(1 suppl):S41-59.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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