Zinc and its importance for human health: An integrative review

Since its first discovery in an Iranian male in 1961, zinc deficiency in humans is now known to be an important malnutrition problem world-wide. It is more prevalent in areas of high cereal and low animal food consumption. The diet may not necessarily be low in zinc, but its bio-availability plays a...

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Main Authors: Nazanin Roohani, Richard Hurrell, Roya Kelishadi, Rainer Schulin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2013;volume=18;issue=2;spage=144;epage=157;aulast=Roohani