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Estimating the Global Prevalence of Inadequate Zinc Intake from National Food Balance Sheets: Effects of Methodological Assumptions

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of inadequate zinc intake in a population can be estimated by comparing the zinc content of the food supply with the population’s theoretical requirement for zinc. However, assumptions regarding the nutrient composition of foods, zinc requirements, and zinc absorption may...

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Autores principales: Wessells, K. Ryan, Singh, Gitanjali M., Brown, Kenneth H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3510064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050565

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