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Serum Zinc Levels in Apparently Healthy Children in Nigeria: Are They Acceptable

INTRODUCTION: Despite the importance of zinc in the human body, there is paucity of data on the zinc status of Nigerian children. The aim of this study was to determine the serum zinc levels of children attending the pediatric outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in South East Nigeria and to ass...

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Autores principales:	Kennedy, Chukwu Uchenna, Chukwuebuka, Nduagubam Obinna, Uchenna, Ekwochi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8040947/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33888923 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nmj.NMJ_20_20

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