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The potential of spot urine as a biomarker for zinc assessment in Malawian children and adults

Population-level assessment of zinc deficiency remains a challenge due to the lack of suitable biomarkers. Spot urinary zinc concentration (UZC) has the potential to provide information on population zinc status in large-scale surveys, but there is no established cut-off point indicating deficiency....

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Autores principales: Likoswe, Blessings H., Lark, R. Murray, Phuka, John, Maleta, Kenneth, Joy, Edward, Lowe, Nicola M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9355503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35938137
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.890209